Homocysteine and coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of MTHFR case-control studies, avoiding publication bias.

Homocysteine and coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of MTHFR case-control studies, avoiding publication bias.

<h4>Background</h4>Moderately elevated blood levels of homocysteine are weakly correlated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, but causality remains uncertain. When folate levels are low, the TT genotype of the common C677T polymorphism (rs1801133) of the methylene tetrahydrofolate re...

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Main Authors: Robert Clarke, Derrick A Bennett, Sarah Parish, Petra Verhoef, Mariska Dötsch-Klerk, Mark Lathrop, Peng Xu, Børge G Nordestgaard, Hilma Holm, Jemma C Hopewell, Danish Saleheen, Toshihiro Tanaka, Sonia S Anand, John C Chambers, Marcus E Kleber, Willem H Ouwehand, Yoshiji Yamada, Clara Elbers, Bas Peters, Alexandre F R Stewart, Muredach M Reilly, Barbara Thorand, Salim Yusuf, James C Engert, Themistocles L Assimes, Jaspal Kooner, John Danesh, Hugh Watkins, Nilesh J Samani, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, MTHFR Studies Collaborative Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22363213/?tool=EBI

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