date:Jul 03, 2012
ith homocysteine levels above 14 micromoles per liter of serum had twice the risk of dementia.
Tissue and plasma concentrations of homocysteine are known to be determined by vitamin B status, as they are cofactors for enzymes involved in homocysteine metabolism.
The researchers also did not find any association between cognition/depression scores when they considered a specific form or polymorphism of the gene that codes for the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), an enzyme involved