Effect of 3-year folic acid supplementation on cognitive function in older adults in the FACIT trial: a randomised, double blind, controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9557, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Durga, Jane ^a,b   van Boxtel, Martin PJ ^c   Schouten, Evert G ^a   Kok, Frans J ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^c   Katan, Martijn B ^b   Verhoef, Petra ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK URINE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID AND CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN ALLERGY; TINNITUS; URINE COLOR; VELOCITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; Z SCORE;

EID: 33846211794     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60109-3     Document Type: Article

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