Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Subjects (n=280) were examined after door-to-door recruitment using interview, physician examination and laboratory tests. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of deficits in folate and vitamin B(12) was paradoxically high in the mountainous northeastern area of Sicily. Our study also underlines the association of homocysteine with dependency of the elderly and with stroke and peripheral arteriopathy.
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Authors | Rosario Sebastiano Spada, Giuseppe Stella, Santa Calabrese, Paolo Bosco, Guido Anello, Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez, Antonino Romano, Lahoucine Benamghar, Thierry Fontaine, Jean-Louis Guéant |
Journal | Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
(Clin Chem Lab Med)
Vol. 45
Issue 2
Pg. 136-42
( 2007)
ISSN: 1434-6621 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 17311497
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Homocysteine
- Folic Acid
- Vitamin B 12
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Aging
(blood, physiology)
- Cardiovascular Diseases
(blood, epidemiology)
- Diabetes Mellitus
(blood, epidemiology)
- Folic Acid
(blood)
- Homocysteine
(blood)
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms
(blood, epidemiology)
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Sicily
(epidemiology)
- Stroke
- Vitamin B 12
(blood)
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