Suppression of homocysteine levels by vitamin B12 and folates: Age and gender dependency in the Jackson heart study

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-115

  Henry, Olivia R ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^b   Taylor Jr , Herman A ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a   Butler, Kenneth ^a   Jones, Lynne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Jackson heart study; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84864331969     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31823782a5     Document Type: Article

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