The relationships between plasma total homocysteine and selected atherosclerotic risk factors according to the C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in Japanese

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-184

  Lwin, Htay ^a   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^b   Saito, Kyoko ^a,b   Date, Chigusa ^c   Tanaka, Heizo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; atherosclerotic risk factors; homocysteine; Japanese

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOCRIT; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17644428015     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000161441.03927.31     Document Type: Article

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