Table 1.

Increases of Plasma tHcy After an Oral Methionine Loading as a Function of MTHFR Genotypes

Study PML tHcy Increase (μmol/L)
MTHFR Genotype at nt 677
No. of Subjects C/C C/T T/T P*
Jacques et al, 19966 365  17.9  18.5 18.2  NS
 
Cattaneo et al, 19972 231  14.4  14.8  18.6  .006
 
Legnani et al, 19973 63  17.0  19.0  23.1 NS
 
Verhoef et al, 19975 318 23.6  26.4  27.7  <.05
 
Girelli et al, 19981 415  23.6  23.6  25.5 NS
 
Study PML tHcy Increase (μmol/L)
MTHFR Genotype at nt 677
No. of Subjects C/C C/T T/T P*
Jacques et al, 19966 365  17.9  18.5 18.2  NS
 
Cattaneo et al, 19972 231  14.4  14.8  18.6  .006
 
Legnani et al, 19973 63  17.0  19.0  23.1 NS
 
Verhoef et al, 19975 318 23.6  26.4  27.7  <.05
 
Girelli et al, 19981 415  23.6  23.6  25.5 NS
 

Values of PML tHcy increase are arithmetic means (

) or geometric means (

). The dose of oral methionine was 3.8 g/m2 body surface area in the study by Cattaneo et al, and 100 mg/kg body weight in the other studies.

Abbreviation: NS, not significant.

*

Genotype T/T v genotype C/C.

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