Folate intake at RDA levels is inadequate for Mexican American men with the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677TT genotype

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Solis, Claudia ^a   Veenema, Kristin ^a   Ivanov, Alexandre A ^a   Tran, Sally ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Moriarty, David J ^a   Maletz, Charles V ^a   Caudill, Marie A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CHOLINE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 38149118639     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.1.67     Document Type: Article

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