ALB and Alzheimer disease: Between the two groups of patients with and without biliary sludge, no significant differences were found related to age, BMI, serum total cholesterol, serum low-density cholesterol, serum total bilirubin, albumin-adjusted calcium, the MMSE, type of dementia (e.g. AD or VaD), the Barthel Index, calories of oral food intake, or number of patients with gallstone, cholangitis or cholecystitis.