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The association between plasma homocysteine level and metabolic syndrome

A record-based study of Saudi patients attending King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdulkarim Saeed, Mujahid Al Shehri, Abdulghani Al Saleb, Fatmah Othman, Mohammed Al Hazmi, Faris Al Amri, Mazen Ferwana, Mohammed Z. Al Yousef and Maha Al Turki
Saudi Medical Journal September 2020, 41 (9) 947-954; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.9.25273
Abdulkarim Saeed
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mujahid Al Shehri
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulghani Al Saleb
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fatmah Othman
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Al Hazmi
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faris Al Amri
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mazen Ferwana
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Z. Al Yousef
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Maha Al Turki
College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 41 no. 9 947-954
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.9.25273
PubMed 
32893276

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received May 19, 2020
  • Accepted July 23, 2020
  • Published online September 1, 2020.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Abdulkarim Saeed, MBBS⇑,
  2. Mujahid Al Shehri, MBBS,
  3. Abdulghani Al Saleb, MBBS,
  4. Fatmah Othman, PhD,
  5. Mohammed Al Hazmi, MBBS,
  6. Faris Al Amri, MBBS,
  7. Mazen Ferwana, MBBS, PhD,
  8. Mohammed Z. Al Yousef, MBBS, SBFM and
  9. Maha Al Turki, PhD
  1. College of Medicine (Saeed, Al Shehri, Al Saleb, Al Hazmi, Al Amri), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from College of Applied Medical Sciences (Othman, Al Turki), King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Heath Science; from Department of Research Unit (Othman, Al Turki, Al Yousef), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; from the Department of Family Medicine (Ferwana), King Abdulaziz Medical City; and from the Department of Oncology (Al Yousef), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Abdulkarim Saeed, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ar Rimayah, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: saeed112{at}ksau-hs.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3739-511X
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