Dietary predictors of plasma total homocysteine in the hordaland homocysteine study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Konstantinova, Svetlana V ^a   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a   Berstad, Paula ^b   Ueland, Per Magne ^a   Drevon, Christian A ^b   Refsum, Helga ^b,c   Tell, Grethe S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Food groups; Food items; Homocysteine; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; GENDER; GRAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMINS;

EID: 34547978574     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507691788     Document Type: Article

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