Variability of plasma and urine betaine in diabetes mellitus and its relationship to methionine load test responses: An observational study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lever, Michael ^a,b   Slow, Sandy ^a,b   McGregor, David O ^c   Dellow, Warwick J ^a   George, Peter M ^a,b   Chambers, Stephen T ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b University of Otaga Christchurch   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine; Dimethylglycine; Homocysteine; Methionine load

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CREATININE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SARCOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GLUCOSURIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; URINE;

AGED; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLYCOSURIA; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOSINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859766869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-34     Document Type: Article

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