ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE AND EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN OLDER PERSONS

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C SCHOENFELD MR
Citation
Ws. Aronow et al., ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE AND EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERIAL-DISEASE IN OLDER PERSONS, The American journal of cardiology, 79(10), 1997, pp. 1432
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:10<1432:ABPHAE>2.0.ZU;2-Q
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 40% to 100% extracranial carotid arterial disease (ECAD) in old er men and women. Elevated plasma homocysteine levels were observed in 45% of the older men with 40% to 100% ECAD versus 20% of the older me n with 0% to 39% ECAD, and in 40% of the older women with 40% to 100% ECAD versus 18% of the older women with 0% to 39% ECAD.