Sex differences in the control of plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of glycine betaine in patients attending a lipid disorders clinic

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 16-17, 2007, Pages 1225-1231

  Lever, Michael ^a,b   Atkinson, Wendy ^a   George, Peter M ^a,b   Chambers, Stephen T ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine; Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase; Carnitine; Dimethylglycine; Homocysteine; Insulin; Thyroid hormones; Urine betaine

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; BETAINE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOSINE; SEX FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 35248814900     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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