Racial variation in fasting and random homocysteine levels

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 252-256

  Estrada, Dolores A ^a   Billett, Henny H ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B12 levels; Homocysteine; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY MASS INDEX; CREATININE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIPIDS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0035098471     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.1053     Document Type: Article

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