Dietary choline and betaine intakes in relation to concentrations of inflammatory markers in healthy adults: The ATTICA study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 424-430

  Detopoulou, Paraskevi ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,c   Antonopoulou, Smaragdi ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Betaine; Cardiovascular disease; Choline; Diet; Inflammation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; MEAT; PLANT; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38949156619     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.2.424     Document Type: Article

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