serum homocysteine concentrations of chinese intellectuals and the influential factors concerned血清同型半胱氨酸浓度的中国知识分子和相关影响因素.pdf

Vol.1, No.2, 83-87 (2009) Health doi:10.4236/health.2009.12014 Serum homocysteine concentrations of Chinese intellectuals and the influential factors concerned * Yue Hou , Yan Hong, Wei-Qiang Chen, Dong-Lan Wang, Yi-Yong Cheng * Institution of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin, China; Corresponding author: houy77@ Received 23 July 2009; revised 6 August 2009; accepted 7 August 2009. ABSTRACT cysteine (Hcy) concentrations in rats would occur four distinct acute stressors in rats, i.e., swimming, restrain, Objective: To observe the concentration of se- novelty and cold exposure were used. Plasma corticos- rum homocysteine in intellectuals and the re- terone and adrenocorticotropic hormone concentrations lated influential factors. Methods: The concen- were also measured to demonstrate the ability of the trations serum homocysteine and saliva cortisol chosen manipulations to activate the hypothalamic-pi- were measured in 138 intellectuals from three tuitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Three of the four stressors cities, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Chengdu in activated the HPA axis and only restrain increased tHcy China. All the subjects had senior titles of tech- concentrations [5]. Stoney et al.’s study was to test if nical post, aged 40-69 years. Results: The mean acute psychological stress could induce elevations in value of serum hom