Distribution of Twenty-Four Hour Urinary Taurine Excretion and Association with Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in 24 Populations of 16 Countries: Results from the WHO-CARDIAC Study

There is considerable interest in the association between taurine (2-aminoethanesufonic acid) and risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD), but little information has been made available on the distribution of taurine in populations around the world. The present study aimed to describe the differences i...

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Published in:	Hypertension Research Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 453 - 457
Main Authors:	YAMORI, Yukio, LIU, Longjian, IKEDA, Katsumi, MIURA, Ayako, MIZUSHIMA, Shunsaku, MIKI, Tomohiro, NARA, Yasuo, on Behalf of the WHO-Cardiovascular Disease and Alimentary Comparison (CARDIAC) Study Group
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England The Japanese Society of Hypertension 01-07-2001
Subjects:	Circadian Rhythm Cross-Sectional Studies Databases as Topic Female Global Health Humans ischemic heart disease Male Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia - mortality Myocardial Ischemia - urine Taurine - urine taurine distribution WHO-CARDIAC Study World Health Organization
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