Association between percent decline in serum total homocysteine and risk of first stroke

Conclusions: Percent lowering in tHcy was significantly associated with a reduction in first stroke risk in Chinese adults with hypertension, and if further confirmed, may serve as a useful indicator for folic acid treatment efficacy on stroke prevention. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00794885.

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Source: Neurology - November 13, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Huang, X., Li, Y., Li, P., Li, J., Bao, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, B., Sun, N., Wang, J., He, M., Yin, D., Tang, G., Chen, Y., Cui, Y., Huang, Y., Hou, F. F., Qin, X., Huo, Y., Cheng, X. Tags: Stroke prevention, All Clinical trials ARTICLE Source Type: research