Homocysteine and vitamin status in older people in Perth

Leon A Flicker,* Samuel D Vasikaran,† Jenny Thomas,‡ John G Acres,§ Paul E Norman,¶ Konrad Jamrozik,** Nicola T Lautenschlager,†† Peter J Leedman,‡‡ Osvaldo P Almeida§§ * Professor of Geriatric Medicine, ‡ Research Nurse, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, § Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Pharmacology and School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, ¶ Associate Professor of Surgery, †† Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry of Old Age, ‡‡ Professor of Medicine, §§ Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age; University of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, Box X2213, Perth, WA 6000. † Head, Department of Core Clinical Pathology and Biochemistry, Royal Perth Hospit l, Perth, WA. ** Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK. leonflic@cyllene.uwa.edu.au