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Relationships of nutrient intake and lifestyle-related factors to serum folate and plasma homocysteine concentrations in 30-69 year-old Japanese.
Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology - 1 Feb 2004
Maruyama Chizuko, Araki Risa, Takeuchi Mayako, Kuniyoshi Eriko, Iwasawa Akiko, Maruyama Taro, Nakano Satomi, Motohashi Yoshiko, Nakanishi Mamoru, Kyotani Shingo, Tsushima Motoo
Abstract excerpt
We studied non-hospitalized 30-69 y-old Japanese subjects to ascertain the influences of a 677C-T methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genotype, nutritional intake and lifestyle-related factors on plasma homocysteine (Hcys) and serum folate concentrations. Hcys was higher and serum folate was lower in males than in females (p < .01). The Hcys concentration was higher in the VV group than in the AA and AV...
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