Prediction of all-cause mortality by B group vitamin status in the elderly

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-198

  Huang, Yi Chen ^a   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^b,c   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

B 6; Dietary diversity; Folate; Niacin; Riboflavin; Thiamin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RISK; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVOR; TAIWAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIACIN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RIBOFLAVIN; TAIWAN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84858748423     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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