LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Hyperhomocysteinemia as an Independent Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease. Comparison with Conventional Risk Factors

Muzaffar, R; Khan, M A; Mushtaq, M H; Nasir, M; Khan, A; Haq, I ul; Muhammad, J.

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023

Abstract The present study was designed to evaluate the strength of association of raised plasma homocysteine concentration as a risk factor for coronary heart disease independent of conventional risk factor. It was a case control study conducted at Punjab Institute of Cardiology Lahore. A total of 210 s...

Estudios de Casos y Controles, Enfermedad Coronaria/embriología, Ayuno, Hiperhomocisteinemia/diagnóstico, Hiperhomocisteinemia/epidemiología, Factores de Riesgo

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Exploration of the risk factors of essential hypertension with hyperhomocysteinemia: A hospital-based study and nomogram analysis

Clinics; 76 (), 2021

OBJECTIVES: To explore the risk factors of essential hypertension with hyperhomocysteinemia (H-type hypertension) and design a nomogram to predict this risk. METHODS: A hospital-based study was conducted on 1,712 individuals, including 282 patients with H-type hypertension, 105 patients with simple hype...