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Roberto Palma-Reis

Publications -  4
Citations -  3187

Roberto Palma-Reis is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vascular disease & Homocysteine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 3106 citations.

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Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease: The European Concerted Action Project.

TL;DR: An increased plasma total homocysteine level confers an independent risk of vascular disease similar to that of smoking or hyperlipidemia, and compared with nonusers of vitamin supplements, the small number of subjects taking such vitamins appeared to have a substantially lower risk ofascular disease, a proportion of which was attributable to lower plasma homocy steine levels.