Vitamin B12 deficiency is the dominant nutritional cause of hyperhomocysteinemia in a folic acid-fortified population
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in cclm
- Vol. 43 (10), 1048-51
- https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm.2005.183
Abstract
Prevalence rates for folate deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia have been markedly reduced following the introduction of folic acid fortification in the United States. We report the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in a population of community-dwelling elderly Latinos in the post-folic acid fortification era. We measured homocysteine, total vitamin BKeywords
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