Effect of multivitamin supplementation on the homocysteine and methylmalonic acid blood concentrations in women over the age of 60 years

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-192

  Wolters, Maike ^a   Hermann, Silke ^a,b   Hahn, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Elderly; Folate; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Pyridoxine; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6; Vitamins; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM ASCORBATE; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; NOBILIN Q10; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMINS;

EID: 17844397699     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-004-0510-2     Document Type: Article

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