Folate and cobalamin deficiencies and hyperhomocysteinemia in Bangladesh

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1372-1377

  Gamble, Mary V ^a,b   Ahsan, Habibul ^a   Liu, Xinhua ^a,c   Factor Litvak, Pam ^a   Ilievski, Vesna ^a   Slavkovich, Vesna ^a   Parvez, Faruque ^a   Graziano, Joseph H ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Betelnut; Cobalamin; Creatinine; Folate; Folate deficiency; Homocysteine; hyperhomocysteinemia; Micronutrient deficiency; One carbon metabolism; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B 12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; AGED; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

PIPER BETEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARECA; BANGLADESH; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATINICS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 21944450577     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.6.1372     Document Type: Article

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