Total cardiovascular risk profile of Taiwanese vegetarians

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-144

  Chen, C W ^a,b   Lin, Y L ^a   Lin, T K ^a   Lin, C T ^a   Chen, B C ^a   Lin, C L ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 38049134167     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602689     Document Type: Article

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