Genetic, dietary, and other lifestyle determinants of plasma homocysteine concentrations in middle-aged and older Chinese men and women in Singapore

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 232-239

  Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Yuan, Jian Min ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^b   Arakawa, Kazuko ^b   Lee, Hin Peng ^b   Coetzee, Gerhard A ^b   Yu, Mimi C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiovascular disease; Chinese; Cholesterol; Cigarette smoking; Coffee; Coronary artery disease; Folate; Homocysteine; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; MTHFR genotype; Physical activity; Tea; Triacylglycerol; Vascular disease; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035143383     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/73.2.232     Document Type: Article

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