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Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico
Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico.

INTRODUCTION: Currently, cardiovascular risk factors have not been studied so extensively in young people. OBJECTIVE: To compare the cardiovascular risk factor between Colombian and Mexican children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a transversal, descriptive, comparative and clinical study. 30 children of...

Aterogênese em artéria ilíaca comum de suínos submetidos à homocisteinemia induzida pela ingestão de metionina
Atherogenesis in swine iliac artery with homocystinemia induced by methionine ingestion

J. vasc. bras; 5 (1), 2006
OBJETIVO: Avaliar os efeitos da homocisteinemia induzida na artéria ilíaca de suínos. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Realizou-se estudo experimental comparativo em dois grupos homogêneos de sete suínos da raça Macau, com peso entre 20 e 30 kg durante 30 dias. Os animais foram divididos em dois grupos, sendo u...

The C677T thermolabile variant of methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase on homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 in a hemodialysis center

Medicina (B.Aires); 62 (2), 2002
Homocysteine is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Mutations in a key enzyme in homocysteine metabolism, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, may contribute to hyperhomocysteinemia and alter folate and cobalamin levels. After starting hemodialysis, 10 mg oral folate daily and 500 micrograms intrav...