Serum homocysteine concentration as a marker of nutritional status of healthy subjects in Crete, Greece

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-123

  Vrentzos, G E ^a   Papadakis, J A ^a   Malliaraki, N ^a   Bampalis, D E ^a   Repa, A ^a   Lemonomichelaki, V ^a   Petinellis, E G ^a   Ganotakis, Emmanuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Dietary habits; Folate; Homocysteine; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33644969336     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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