Background Cardiovascular disease, which includes coronary artery disease, stroke and
peripheral vascular disease, is a leading cause of death worldwide. Homocysteine is an …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. CVD is causally
related to “classical” risk factors such as elevated blood pressure, cholesterol, or glucose …

Background: Dietary supplementation with B vitamins that lower blood homocysteine
concentrations is expected to reduce cardiovascular disease risk, but there has been …

During the fifteen years since the bestselling first edition of Folate in Health and Disease
was published, there have been thousands of new research studies related to folate and its …

Hyperhomocysteinemia promotes atherosclerosis and is most commonly caused by B-
vitamin deficiencies, especially folic acid, B 6, and B 12; genetic disorders; certain drugs; …

Objective To estimate the effect of elevated serum homocysteine level on renal function
decline and on the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general population …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Western countries. Since 1969,
homocysteine has been implicated in the atherosclerotic process, and numerous …

Кардиоваскулярные заболевания занимают первое место среди причин смертности
населения. В связи с этим, возрастает актуальность проблемы профилактики, которая …

AIM: Homocysteine (Hcy), a sulfur-containing amino acid product of methionine metabolism,
may play an important role in the development of cardiovascular disease. In this paper we …

ABSTRACT Background: In the United States, folic acid fortification of cereal-grain foods has
significantly increased folate status. However, blood folate concentrations have decreased …