Raised homocysteine and low folate and vitamin B-12 concentrations predict cognitive decline in community-dwelling older Japanese adults

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 865-871

  Koike, Teruhiko ^a,b   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Kanda, Shigeru ^a   Okada, Kiwako ^a   Izawa, Sachiko ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cognitive function; Elderly; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; CHOLESTEROL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 56049121021     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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