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Geraldine Horigan

Researcher at Ulster University

Publications -  42
Citations -  1186

Geraldine Horigan is an academic researcher from Ulster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase & Vitamin D and neurology. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1034 citations. Previous affiliations of Geraldine Horigan include University College Cork & Altnagelvin Area Hospital.

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Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in healthy adults

TL;DR: The range of vitamin D intakes required to ensure maintenance of wintertime vitamin D status in the vast majority of 20-40-y-old adults, considering a variety of sun exposure preferences, is between 7.2 and 41.1 microg/d.
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Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in free-living adults ≥64 y of age

TL;DR: To ensure that the vitamin D requirement is met by the vast majority of adults aged >/=64 y during winter, between 7.9 and 42.8 microg vitamin D/d is required, depending on summer sun exposure and the threshold of adequacy of 25(OH)D.
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Reasons why patients referred to diabetes education programmes choose not to attend: a systematic review.

TL;DR: To identify the reasons why those offered a place on diabetes education programmes declined the opportunity, a database of more than 1,000 patients from around the world was constructed.
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Riboflavin lowers blood pressure in cardiovascular disease patients homozygous for the 677C-->T polymorphism in MTHFR.

TL;DR: Riboflavin is effective in reducing blood pressure specifically in patients with the MTHFR 677 TT genotype, and may have important implications for the prevention and treatment of hypertension.
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Riboflavin offers a targeted strategy for managing hypertension in patients with the MTHFR 677TT genotype: a 4-y follow-up

TL;DR: Optizing riboflavin status offers a low-cost targeted strategy for managing elevated BP in this genetically at-risk group, and could have important implications for the prevention of hypertension.