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Blood pressure in treated hypertensive individuals with the MTHFR 677TT genotype is responsive to intervention with riboflavin: findings of a targeted randomized trial.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jun 2013
Wilson Carol P, McNulty Helene, Ward Mary, Strain J J, Trouton Tom G, Hoeft Birgit A, Weber Peter, Roos Franz F, Horigan Geraldine, McAnena Liadhan, Scott John M
Abstract excerpt
Intervention with riboflavin was recently shown to produce genotype-specific lowering of blood pressure (BP) in patients with premature cardiovascular disease homozygous for the 677C→T polymorphism (TT genotype) in the gene encoding the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). Whether this effect is confined to patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease is unknown. The aim of this randomized trial,...
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