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Plasma homocysteine-a marker of vascular disease in elderly patients with mental illness.

Nilsson, Karin LU ; Gustafson, Lars LU and Hultberg, Björn LU (2010) In Clinical Biochemistry 43. p.1056-1059
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) concentration is elevated in elderly patients with mental illness, and patients with vascular disease have higher plasma tHcy concentration than patients without vascular disease. METHOD: We investigated the influence of cobalamin/folate status and renal function on the association between plasma tHcy levels and vascular disease. RESULTS: There was a similar degree of significant difference in plasma tHcy levels between patients with and without vascular disease in all enrolled patients and in a group of patients where all those with signs of cobalamin/folate deficiency and/or impaired renal function had been excluded. Furthermore, logistic regression analysis showed that the age-adjusted plasma... (More)
BACKGROUND: Total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) concentration is elevated in elderly patients with mental illness, and patients with vascular disease have higher plasma tHcy concentration than patients without vascular disease. METHOD: We investigated the influence of cobalamin/folate status and renal function on the association between plasma tHcy levels and vascular disease. RESULTS: There was a similar degree of significant difference in plasma tHcy levels between patients with and without vascular disease in all enrolled patients and in a group of patients where all those with signs of cobalamin/folate deficiency and/or impaired renal function had been excluded. Furthermore, logistic regression analysis showed that the age-adjusted plasma tHcy was the main predictor of vascular disease in both groups of patients. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that the presence of vascular disease itself is associated with elevated levels of plasma tHcy. Plasma tHcy might be a marker of vascular disease in elderly patients with mental illness. (Less)
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10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.03.013
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  author       = {{Nilsson, Karin and Gustafson, Lars and Hultberg, Björn}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
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  title        = {{Plasma homocysteine-a marker of vascular disease in elderly patients with mental illness.}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.03.013}},
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