Are high homocysteine levels independently related to isolated systolic hypertension in older adults?
Elevated levels of homocysteine may be related to the cause of isolated systolic hypertension in some individuals. In normotensive older adults, homocysteine appears to be an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis.
In spite of a relatively small sample size, the presence of the met-BDNF allele was found associated with a reduced volume of the hippocampal formation in healthy volunteers and may represent a vulnerability factor for the development of disease processes associated with the dysfunction of this brain region.