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Nutritional and racial determinants of the increase in plasma homocysteine levels after methionine loading
2002
Current Therapeutic Research
Low circulating plasma levels of total homocysteine (tHcy) are associated with a lower prevalence of coronary heart disease among black people than among white people living in Burkina Faso. Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide a rationale for a possible mechanism for the decrease in plasma tHcy levels among black people compared with white people living in Burkina Faso. Methods: Healthy, black, adult, lifelong inhabitants of Burkina Faso and healthy, white adults born in Italy
doi:10.1016/s0011-393x(02)80051-0
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