[Homocysteine level, relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in selected Polish population].
The aim of the study was to evaluate the concentration and distribution of homocysteine in random samples of men and women aged 20-74 from two populations: urban (Warsaw) and industrial-rural (former Tarnobrzeg Province), and the estimation of relationship between selected cardiovascular risk factors and homocysteine concentration. In 2001 in 617 men and 657 women homocysteine level, lipids profile, glucose, folic acid, vitamin B12 concentration, blood pressure and alcohol intake were determined. The mean (geometric) homocysteine concentration was 10.9 micro mol/L in men and 9.6 micro mol/L in women. There were no differences in the homocysteine concentration and distribution between regions according to sex. The homocysteine level was connected with folic acid and vitamin B12 concentration in both genders. Moreover, in men was recorded relationship between homocysteine and body mass index, cholesterol level, alcohol intake, and in women between homocysteine and daily number of cigarettes smoked.
Sygnowska
Elzbieta
E
Zakład Epidemiologii, Prewencji Chorób, Układu Krazenia i Promocji Zdrowia, Instytut Kardiologii, Warszawa. esygnows@ikard.waw.pl
Rywik
Stefan
S
Pajak
Andrzej
A
Waśkiewicz
Anna
A
Janas
Jadwiga
J
Gazdzik
Danuta
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood; D006304:Health Status; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood; D025101:Vitamin B 6 / Q000097:blood; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000097:blood
D006710:Homocysteine; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D025101:Vitamin B 6; D005492:Folic Acid; D014805:Vitamin B 12