A quantile regression approach can reveal the effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on plasma homocysteine levels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Verly, Eliseu ^a   Steluti, Josiane ^b   Fisberg, Regina Mara ^b   Marchioni, Dirce Maria Lobo ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MTHFR GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84909587404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111619     Document Type: Article

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