Open Access<p>Homocysteine and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Death in Elderly Population: A Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study</p>
Author(s) -
Zhongying Zhang,
Xiaoyan Gu,
Xianghua Fang,
Zhe Tang,
Shaochen Guan,
Hongjun Liu,
Xia Wu,
Chunxiu Wang,
Yan Zhao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
therapeutics and clinical risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1178-203X
pISSN - 1176-6336
DOI - 10.2147/tcrm.s239496
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , hyperhomocysteinemia , cause of death , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , homocysteine , confounding , cohort study , confidence interval , population , cohort , disease , environmental health
The association between homocysteine and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and all-cause death was inconclusive. A community-based prospective cohort study was carried out in Beijing to evaluate this association in elderly population for more effective clinical prediction and primary prevention of CVD.