Elevated plasma homocysteine in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A risk factor for cardiovascular diseases

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ebesunun, Maria Onomhaguan ^a   Obajobi, Esther Odunayo ^b  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Department of Community Medicine   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Folic acid; Glucose; High density lipoprotein; Homocysteine; Triglyceride; Type 2 diabetes; Vitamin b12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NIGERIAN AFRICAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84871498852     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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