PMID: 9194768Jun 1, 1997Paper

The effects of folic acid supplementation on plasma total homocysteine are modulated by multivitamin use and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
M R MalinowQ R Lin

Abstract

Elevated concentration of plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is a common risk factor for arterial occlusive diseases. Folic acid (FA) supplementation usually lowers tHcy levels, but initial tHcy and vitamin levels, multivitamin use, and polymorphisms in the gene for 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) may contribute to variability in reduction. We tested the effects of a 3-week daily intake of 1 or 2 mg of FA supplements on tHcy levels in patients with and without coronary heart disease (CHD) who were analyzed for the C677T MTHFR mutation. Prior multivitamin intake and baseline vitamin and tHcy levels were also compared with responsiveness to folate supplementation. Both dosages of FA lowered tHcy levels similarly, regardless of sex, age, CHD status, body mass index, smoking, or plasma creatinine concentration. In non-multivitamin users, FA supplements reduced tHcy by 7% in C/C homozygotes and by 13% or 21% in subjects with one or two copies of the T677 allele, respectively; the corresponding reductions were smaller in users of multivitamins. Moreover, T/T homozygotes had elevated tHcy and increased susceptibility to high levels of tHcy at marginally low plasma folate levels, as well as enhanced response to the tHcy...Continue Reading

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