Epidemiological evidence that acetaldehyde plays a significant role in the development of decreased serum folate concentration and elevated mean corpuscular volume in alcohol drinkers

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 622-630

  Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Saito, Kyoko ^b   Lwin, Htay ^b   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^b   Yamamoto, Akio ^c   Matsushita, Yumi ^b   Date, Chigusa ^d   Tanaka, Heizo ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^d MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2; Folate; Mean Corpuscular Volume; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ASSAY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETALDEHYDE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 17444426291     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000158842.24218.03     Document Type: Article

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