The association between serum folate deficiency and the risk of dementia in old age is unclear, perhaps owing to small sample sizes, the competing risk of mortality or reverse causation. Objective To examine the associations between serum folate deficiency and the risks of incident dementia and all-cause mortality in a large national sample of older …
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Dietary nutrient intake related to higher grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia risk: a Chinese population-based study
BackgroundDietary nutrient intake plays a significant role in carcinogenesis. Few studies have investigated the association between dietary nutrient intake and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) risk in China. MethodsData on 2304 women from an ongoing cohort comprising 40,000 women from China in 2014 were included. Study randomly selected 218 out of 2304 people as subjects during …
Association of Serum #Folate Levels With Cardiovascular Mortality Among Adults With Rheumatoid #Arthritis
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at high risk for cardiovascular (CV) mortality, attributed to chronic inflammation coupled with elevated circulatory homocysteine levels. Increasing the serum folate level reduces homocysteine, but the association of serum folate concentration with CV mortality in patients with RA has not been previously examined.. A total of 683 patients with …
Estimated #Stroke-Free Survival of #Folic Acid Therapy for Hypertensive Adults
The CSPPT (China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial) demonstrated a significant risk reduction of first stroke in hypertensive patients treated with enalapril plus folic acid compared with those with enalapril alone, but the lifetime stroke-free survival associated with the treatment is unknown.. ..Compared with enalapril alone, the enalapril plus folic acid treatment projected a mean lifetime …
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