Ethnicity and Folate Influence Choline Status in Young Women Consuming Controlled Nutrient Intakes

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Hung, Jean ^a   Abratte, Christian M ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Caudill, Marie A ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Moriarty, David J ^c  

^a Human Nutrition and Food Science Dept   (United States)

^b Animal and Veterinary Science Department   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BETAINE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLINE; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 49649097939     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2008.10719697     Document Type: Article

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