Vitamin B12 deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia as correlates of cardiovascular risk factors in Indian subjects with coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-294

  Mahalle, Namita ^a   Kulkarni, Mohan V ^b   Garg, Mahendra K ^c   Naik, Sadanand S ^a  

^a DEENANATH MANGESHKAR HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c Associated with Armed Forces Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Homocysteine; Hypertension; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84875666578     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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