Increased fasting total homocysteine plasma levels as a risk factor for thromboembolism in children
Increased fasting total homocysteine plasma levels as a risk factor for thromboembolism in children
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DOI:
10.1160/th03-02-0038
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发表时间:
2004-02-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Nowak-Göttl, U
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作者:
Kosch, A;Koch, HG;Nowak-Göttl, U
Elevated total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations are an independent risk factor for thromboembolic events in adults. In children with moderate hyperhomocysteinemia data are sparse. Therefore, between 1995 and 2002 we consecutively recruited 163 white pediatric patients with a first symptomatic thromboembolic event and 255 healthy controls (mean age: 6.4 years in patients vs. 6.6 years in controls, range: 3 months to 18 years) and measured fasting tHcy levels. Median tHcy levels in patients were significantly higher (6.6 pmol/l, range 2.9-20.4 mumol/l) than in controls (5.7 mumol/l, 2.0-14.0 mumol/l, p