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Elderly women: homocysteine reduction by short-term folic acid supplementation resulting in increased glucose concentrations and affecting lipid metabolism (C677T MTHFR polymorphism).
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) - 1 Jun 2013
Chmurzynska Agata, Malinowska Anna M, Twardowska-Rajewska Jolanta, Gawecki Jan
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OBJECTIVE: Serum homocysteine levels show interindividual variation and are determined by nutritional factors, such as B-vitamin intake, and by age and genetic influences, such as the genotype of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene. Recently, the relation between one-carbon and lipid metabolism has been shown. Therefore, we hypothesized that folic acid supplementation would not only decrease...
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