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## Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the association of plasma hcy, folate and vitamin b(12) levels on cvd risk factors among children in taiwan. ## Methods: After multistage sampling, we selected randomly 1,235 children (609 boys and 626 girls) aged 12 to 15 yr. plasma hcy levels was measured using abbott imx analyzer, while plasma folate and vitamin b(12) were measured using acs: 180 automated chemiluminescence analyzer. anthropometric, blood pressure (bp) and other biochemical cvd risk factors including serum total cholesterol (chol), triglyceride (tg), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (hdl-c), apolipoprotein a1 (apoa1) and b (apob) and lipoprotein(a) [lp(a)]were measured using standard methods. we also calculated low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (ldl-c) and tchr (total cholesterol to hdl-c ratio) as atherogenic indices. ## Results: Boys were taller and heavier, having higher body mass index (bmi), systolic blood pressure (sbp) and plasma glucose levels but lower diastolic blood pressure (dbp), heart rate (hr), cholesterol, tg, hdl-c, ldl-c, tchr, and lp(a) levels than girls. boys also had higher plasma hcy and lower folate, vitamin b(12), levels than gir

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Author

Muh-Han Shen; Nain-Feng Chu; Der-Min Wu; Jin-Biou Chang

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0009-9120)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)