TITLE:
Serum homocysteine concentrations of Chinese intellectuals and the influential factors concerned
AUTHORS:
Yue Hou, Yan Hong, Wei-Qiang Chen, Dong-Lan Wang, Yi-Yong Cheng
KEYWORDS:
Homocysteine; Psychological Stress; In-tellectual
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.1 No.2,
September
28,
2009
ABSTRACT: Objective: To observe the concentration of se-rum homocysteine in intellectuals and the re-lated influential factors. Methods: The concen-trations serum homocysteine and saliva cortisol were measured in 138 intellectuals from three cities, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Chengdu in China. All the subjects had senior titles of tech-nical post, aged 40-69 years. Results: The mean value of serum homocysteine concentration in intellectuals was 20.6±0.8μmol/L, higher than the reference value. With the increase of cortisol levels the homocysteine concentrations rise (P