Association of vitamin B12, folate and homocysteine with functional and pathological characteristics of the elderly in a mountainous village in Sicily
| Autor: | Antonino Romano, Santa Calabrese, Giuseppe Stella, Jean-Louis Guéant, Lahoucine Benamghar, Thierry Fontaine, Rosa Maria Guéant-Rodriguez, Guido Anello, Paolo Bosco, R. S. Spada |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Aging Homocysteine Clinical Biochemistry Population Gastroenterology chemistry.chemical_compound Folic Acid Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus Neoplasms medicine Diabetes Mellitus Humans Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin education Stroke Sicily Aged Aged 80 and over Peripheral Vascular Diseases education.field_of_study business.industry Biochemistry (medical) General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Venous thrombosis B vitamins Vitamin B 12 chemistry Cardiovascular Diseases business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine. 45(2) |
| ISSN: | 1434-6621 |
| Popis: | Background: Homocysteine is associated with age, folate and vitamin B 12 . Our study investigated the functional and clinical characteristics of the elderly (aged 60-85 years) of San Teodoro, a village in Central Sicily, and evaluated associations with vitamin B 12 , folate and homocysteine. Methods: Subjects (n=280) were examined after door-to-door recruitment using interview, physician examination and laboratory tests. Results: A total of 19.3% of the population had a low blood level of folate ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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