Influence of menopausal status in homocysteine plasma levels

Medicina clínica
C Fernández-MirandaP Díaz-Rubio

Abstract

Some studies have found that postmenopausal women have increased plasma homocysteine levels while others do not. The aim of this study was to know if homocysteine levels are increased in Spanish postmenopausal women. In 100 postmenopausal women (age: mean [SD] 56 [6] years) homocysteine, creatinine, folic acid, vitamin B12 and lipoproteins were determined. Controls were 50 premenopausal women (age: 29 [6] years), 50 men with similar age to postmenopausal women, and 50 men with similar age to premenopausal women. All the subjects of the study were healthy. Homocysteine concentrations were higher in postmenopausal compared with premenopausal women (8.6 [2.1]; 95% confidence interval [CI], 8.2-9.1 vs 7.7 [1.6]; 95% CI, 7.2-8.1 micromol/l; p < 0.05), but were not different between both men groups. Hyperhomocysteinemia was found in 9 postmenopausal but in any premenopausal women (9% vs 0%; p = 0.03). Low density lipoprotein cholesterol values were higher (155 [32]; 95% CI, 148-161 vs 111 [32]; 95% CI, 101-120 mg/dl; p < 0.05), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol lower (54 [12]; 95% CI, 52-57 vs 64 [18]; 95% CI, 59-69 mg/dl; p < 0.05) in postmenopausal than premenopausal women. In postmenopausal women homocysteine levels were ne...Continue Reading

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Aug 4, 2006·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition·P HenríquezL Serra-Majem
Apr 26, 2005·Medicina clínica·Joan LlevadotFrancesc González Sastre

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