Plasma total homocysteine is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic diameter in older men

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 364-370

  Wong, Yuen Y E ^a,b,d   Golledge, Jonathan ^e   Flicker, Leon ^a,b,d   McCaul, Kieran A ^b   Hankey, Graeme J ^d   Van Bockxmeer, Frank M ^c,d   Yeap, Bu B ^b,f   Norman, Paul E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880832766     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.01.046     Document Type: Article

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