ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE AND CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE IN OLDER PERSONS

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C
Citation
Ws. Aronow et C. Ahn, ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE AND CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE IN OLDER PERSONS, The American journal of cardiology, 80(9), 1997, pp. 1216
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:9<1216:ABPHAC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The data demonstrate that high plasma homocysteine levels and low plas ma folate and vitamin B-12 levels are associated with a higher prevale nce of coronary artery disease (CAD) in older men and women. Elevated plasma homocysteine levels were observed in 43% of the older men with CAD versus 18% of the older men without CAD, and in 37% of the older w omen with CAD versus 12% of the older women without CAD.