Uremic Solutes Database
Solute Details for Homocysteine
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Base data
Name Homocysteine
Molecular weight 135
Group Amino acid
Class Protein-bound [4]
Added 16.09.2009
Reference Pubmed: 12675874
Submitted by Vanholder
Reviewed by Abou Deif

Normal concentrations (CN)
DateMean (+/-SD) (low Range - high Range)nReferenceSubmitted byReviewed byNotes
10.08.19951.28 mg/L24Hyperhomocysteinemia and traditional ...Abou DeifArgiles[16]
10.05.20031.26 (+/-0.28) mg/L30Homocysteine and lipid peroxidation i...Abou DeifArgiles
08.10.20051.88 (+/-1.23) mg/L10Genomic damage and circulating AGE le...Abou DeifArgiles
03.06.20061.53 (+/-0.52) mg/L14Increased plasma protein homocysteiny...Abou DeifArgiles[2]
08.03.20111.50 (+/-0.43) mg/L21Levels of circulating endothelial pro...Abou DeifArgiles[2]
Grand mean1.42 (+/-0.50) (1.26-1.88) mg/L99
ANOVAF(3,71) = 2.12, p=0.11: No significant differences between group means.
DispersionL:1.26, M:1.42, H:1.88 : A - (Minimal scatter: High consistency.)

Uremic concentrations (CU)
DateMean (+/-SD) (low Range - high Range)nReferenceSubmitted byReviewed byNotes
10.08.19958.10 (+/-1.60) (?-26.40) mg/L7Hyperhomocysteinemia and traditional ...VanholderAbou Deif
10.05.20034.86 (+/-3.38) mg/L16Homocysteine and lipid peroxidation i...Abou DeifArgiles
08.10.20054.40 (+/-2.79) mg/L12Genomic damage and circulating AGE le...Abou DeifArgiles
03.06.20067.80 (+/-7.09) mg/L28Increased plasma protein homocysteiny...Abou DeifArgiles[2]
08.03.20115.56 (+/-3.74) mg/L38Levels of circulating endothelial pro...Abou DeifArgiles[2]
Grand mean6.11 (+/-4.70) (4.40-26.40) mg/L101
ANOVAF(4,96) = 1.88, p=0.12: No significant differences between group means.
DispersionL:4.40, M:6.11, H:26.40 : B - (Medium scatter: Considerable degree of uncertainty.)

Relative increase (CU/CN) 4.31 times higher than the average normal concentration.

Pathological associations
DateCategoryReferenceComment
01.02.1997CardiovascularHyperhomocysteinemia confers an indep...A high total plasma homocysteine concentration is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic complications of end-stage renal disease.
07.04.1997CardiovascularHomocysteine and hemostasis: pathogen...Disruptions in several different vessel wall-related anticoagulant functions provide plausable mechanisms for the occurrence of thrombosis in hyperhomocysteinemia.
19.06.2002CardiovascularHyperhomocysteinemia predicts cardiov...There is a clear association between hyperhomocysteinemia and incident cardiovascular mortality and atherothrombotic events in hemodialysis patients.
03.01.2005CardiovascularAssociation between serum homocystein...Elevated homocysteine may be an important risk factor to explain the heavy burden of CVD associated with kidney disease.

Notes
2Units reported as mol/l transformed to g/l as C(g/l) = [C(mol/l) * molecular weight]
4This protein-bound solute has a molecular weight conforming to middle molecules.
16Excluded from analysis of variance for missing arithmetic mean, standard deviation or sample count.