Serum taurine and risk of coronary heart disease: A prospective, nested case-control study

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-178

  Wójcik, Oktawia P ^a   Koenig, Karen L ^a   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^a   Pearte, Camille ^a   Costa, Max ^a   Chen, Yu ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; NYUWHS; Serum; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TAURINE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW YORK UNIVERSITY WOMEN HEALTH STUDY; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMOKING; TYPES OF STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NIACIN; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAURINE; THIAMINE;

EID: 84872679483     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-011-0300-6     Document Type: Review

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