Plasma Homocysteine Levels in Hyperthyroid Patients

Reduced Serum Homocysteine Levels in Diabetic Patients

Background and Objectives: Type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent form of diabetes mellitus and is associated with a variety of complications. Homocysteine is an important independent risk factor for atherosclerotic diseases in both diabetic and non diabetic subjects. The association between these two is still unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the serum homocysteine levels in uncompli...

Plasma Homocysteine Levels in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a clinical syndrome in which multiple risks are clustered in an individual and is a common basis of vascular disease in the industrial countries. Metabolic syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome or insulinresistance syndrome (or syndrome X as it was initially designated), which is closely linked to insulin resistance, is a condition, which is recognized as raising the risk of car...

Analysis of plasma homocysteine levels in patients with unstable angina.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of hyperhomocystinemia in patients with acute ischemic syndrome of the unstable angina type. METHODS We prospectively studied 46 patients (24 females) with unstable angina and 46 control patients (19 males), paired by sex and age, blinded to the laboratory data. Details of diets, smoking habits, medication used, body mass index, and the presence of hypert...

Plasma homocysteine levels in patients with liver cirrhosis.

BACKGROUND/AIM Homocysteine (2-amino-4-mercaptobutyric acid) is an amino acid that may be found in small quantities in all cells, and is quantitatively the major methionine metabolite. The most prevalent form is protein-bound homocysteine (about 80%), mostly to albumins. If catabolism of homocysteine is impaired either due to enzyme defect or deficiency of required intracellular cofactors, homo...

Evaluation of Homocysteine Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome