Homocysteine, folate, vitamin B-12, and physical function in older adults: Cross-sectional findings from the Singapore longitudinal ageing study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1362-1368

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a,b   Aung, Khin Chaw Yu ^a,b   Feng, Lei ^a,b   Scherer, Samuel C ^a,c   Yap, Keng Bee ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84869844369     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.035741     Document Type: Article

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