Elevated homocysteine is associated with poorer self-perceived physical health in older men: The Health in Men Study

Maturitas

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-163

  Wong, Yuen Y E ^a,b,d   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,c   McCaul, Kieran A ^a,b   Yeap, Bu B ^b,e   Hankey, Graeme J ^d   Van Bockxmeer, Frank M ^c   Flicker, Leon ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; MTHFR; Physical health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PERCEPTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873962392     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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