Elevated plasma homocysteine: cause or consequence of myocardial infarction?

• Published in: Journal of internal medicine Vol. 256; no. 6; pp. 491 - 498
• Main Authors: Hultdin, J., Thøgersen, A. M., Jansson, J.‐H., Nilsson, T. K., Weinehall, L., Hallmans, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.12.2004; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: albumin; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Case-Control Studies; Coronary heart disease; creatinine; Creatinine - blood; Female; General aspects; Heart; homocysteine; Homocysteine - blood; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - blood; Prospective Studies; risk determinants; Risk Factors; Serum Albumin - analysis; Smoking - adverse effects; Creatinine; Myocardial infarction; homocysteine; Thiol; Determinant; Albumin; Cardiovascular disease; Risk; Myocardial disease; Blood plasma; Sulfur containing aminoacid; Medicine; Homocystein; Heart disease; risk determinants; Cause; Risk factor

. Objectives.  To determine whether a first myocardial infarction leads to increased plasma homocysteine concentrations and whether the association between homocysteine and myocardial infarction was greater at follow‐up compared with baseline. Design.  A population‐based, prospective, nested case‐re...