Adequate Intake levels of choline are sufficient for preventing elevations in serum markers of liver dysfunction in Mexican American men but are not optimal for minimizing plasma total homocysteine increases after a methionine load2

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Published in	The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 685 - 692
Main Authors	Veenema, Kristin, Solis, Claudia, Li, Rui, Wang, Wei, Maletz, Charles V, Abratte, Christian M, Caudill, Marie A
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	01.09.2008
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Bibliography:	The authors’ responsibilities were as follows—KV and CS: assisted with the administration of the controlled feeding study, including recruiting and screening of subjects, processing of blood, purchasing food, and preparing supplements; KV: measured serum folate and administered the methionine load; CS: performed the homocysteine analysis; CVM (study physician and study participant): assessed and monitored the health status of the study participants on the basis of biweekly blood chemistry profiles and complete blood counts; RL: extracted the food and blood choline moieties for analysis, extracted and measured food folate, prepared the choline and folic acid supplements, and assisted the graduate students in carrying out their projects; WW: measured the choline moieties in the food, biological samples, and supplements; CMA: assisted with the manuscript preparation; and MAC: responsible for the study design, supervision of the feeding study, statistical analysis, and interpretation of the data and wrote the manuscript. None of the authors had a financial conflict of interest.
ISSN:	0002-9165