Serum vitamin C concentration and hs-CRP level in middle-aged Japanese men and women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 496-500

  Kubota, Yoshimi ^a   Moriyama, Yuri ^b   Yamagishi, Kazumasa ^c   Tanigawa, Takeshi ^d   Noda, Hiroyuki ^a,e   Yokota, Kimiko ^c,f   Harada, Mitiko ^f   Inagawa, Mieko ^f   Oshima, Miyuki ^f   Sato, Shinichi ^g,h   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b The Public Health Institute of Kochi Prefecture   (Japan)

^c University of Tsukuba   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^f Chikusei Municipal Office   (Japan)

^g OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^h CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; High sensitivity CRP; Serum; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 74749105750     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.07.052     Document Type: Article

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