Betaine excretion correlates with plasma homocysteine when plasma lipids are elevated

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 154-156

  Lever, Michael ^a,b   Slow, Sandy ^a   George, Peter M ^a,b   Chambers, Stephen T ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine; Homocysteine; Metabolic syndrome; Non HDL cholesterol

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BETAINE; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84855298047     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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