Is ischemic stroke risk related to folate status or other nutrients correlated with folate intake?

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3152-3158

  Weng, Lu Chen ^a   Yeh, Wen Ting ^a   Bai, Chyi Huey ^b   Chen, Hsin Jen ^e   Chuang, Shao Yuan ^a   Chang, Hsing Yi ^c   Lin, Bi Fong ^d   Chen, Kuan Ju ^f   Pan, Wen Harn ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Folate; Ischemia; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; AGED; BLOOD; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 58149347204     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.524934     Document Type: Article

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