Open AccessLow Dietary Folate Intake Is Associated With an Excess Incidence of Acute Coronary Events
Author(s) -
Sari Voutilainen,
Tiina Rissanen,
Jyrki K. Virtanen,
Timo A. Lakka,
Jukka T. Salonen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.103.22.2674
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , risk factor , proportional hazards model , cohort study , cohort , relative risk , physiology , confidence interval , physics , optics
Although several prospective studies have shown that low folate intake and low circulating folate are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), the findings are inconsistent.
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