Dietary folate intake, MTHFR genetic polymorphisms, and the risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-287

  Xu, Wang Hong ^a,b   Shrubsole, Martha J ^c   Xiang, Yong Bing ^a   Cai, Qiuyin ^c   Zhao, Gen Ming ^b   Ruan, Zhi Xian ^a   Cheng, Jia Rong ^a   Zheng, Wei ^c   Xiao, Ou Shu ^c  

^a SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847707674     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0798     Document Type: Article

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