Serum homocysteine concentrations of Chinese intellectuals and the influential factors concerned

Autor: Dong-Lan Wang, Yan Hong, Wei-Qiang Chen, Yi-Yong Cheng, Yue Hou
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Health. :83-87
ISSN: 1949-5005
1949-4998
DOI: 10.4236/health.2009.12014
Popis: Objective: To observe the concentration of se-rum homocysteine in intellectuals and the re-lated influential factors. Methods: The concen-trations serum homocysteine and saliva cortisol were measured in 138 intellectuals from three cities, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Chengdu in China. All the subjects had senior titles of tech-nical post, aged 40-69 years. Results: The mean value of serum homocysteine concentration in intellectuals was 20.6±0.8μmol/L, higher than the reference value. With the increase of cortisol levels the homocysteine concentrations rise (P
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