The association between coffee consumption and plasma total homocysteine levels: The "ATTICA" study

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 280-286

  Panagiotakos, Domesthenes B ^a,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Zampelas, Antonis ^a   Zeimbekis, Akis ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Papademetriou, Lambros ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Coffee; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COFFEE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; COFFEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 10044252912     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-004-0779-3     Document Type: Article

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