title: [Homocysteine level, relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in selected Polish population].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Epidemiologii, Prewencji Chorób, Układu Krazenia i Promocji Zdrowia, Instytut Kardiologii, Warszawa. esygnows@ikard.waw.pl
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sygnowska
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rywik
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pajak
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waśkiewicz
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janas
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gazdzik
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006710:Homocysteine; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D025101:Vitamin B 6; D005492:Folic Acid; D014805:Vitamin B 12