One-carbon metabolism factors and leukocyte telomere length

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 794-799

  Liu, Jason J ^a,b   Prescott, Jennifer ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^a,b   De Vivo, Immaculata ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON; CHOLINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ETHANOL; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELOMERE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84875850516     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.051557     Document Type: Article

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