Total homocysteine is not a determinant of arterial pulse wave velocity in young healthy adults

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-344

  Woodside, J V ^a   McMahon, R ^a   Gallagher, A M ^b   Cran, G W ^a   Boreham, C A ^b   Murray, L J ^a   Strain, J J ^b   McNulty, H ^b   Robson, P J ^b   Brown, K S ^c   Whitehead, A S ^c   Savage, M ^a   Young, I S ^a  

^a Queen's University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Pulse wave velocity; Total homocysteine; Young adults

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; PULSE;

EID: 8644264046     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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