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Health News Archive 314 - Homocysteine Levels
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Homocysteine Levels Associated with Coronary Artery Disease

In an article published in the May-June 2006 edition of the American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 172 elderly individuals underwent coronary angiography to investigate the influence of age and coronary artery disease on homocysteine levels.

The subjects were divided into three groups, those between 65 and 74 years old, 75 to 79 years old and 80 years and older.

It was found that for each mmol per liter increase in homocysteine level there was a 7% increase in risk of coronary artery disease. Hyper-homocysteinemia (with levels over 14) were said to constitute an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease with a risk ratio of over 100%. There was a relative progression of homocysteine levels between the young old and the oldest old.

Source: Claudia F. Gravina, MD, PhD; Michel Batlouni, MD, PhD; Camila Sarteschi, BS; Amanda G.M.R. Sousa, MD, PhD; J. Eduardo M.R. Sousa, MD, PhD; Leopoldo Piegas, MD, PhD. Influence of Age and Coronary Artery Disease onHomocysteine Levels in the Young Old Compared With the Old Old and the OldestOld. Am J Geriatr Cardiol(2006) 15;3:165-17.

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