TY - THES AB - In the United States about half a million people develop peptic ulcer each year, and the health care costs of this disease amounts to an estimated value of $10 billion annually. To date, there have been no studies evaluating the association between folic acid consumption or folic acid levels, and reduction in peptic ulcers. It might be possible that the mechanism of action of folic acid on amino acid and DNA synthesis might help cells regenerate and act protectively against peptic ulcers. The objective of this project is to evaluate the association between the level of red blood cell folic acid and a history of peptic ulcers using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database from the years 1999-2000. AD - Oregon Health and Science University AU - Camacho, Fernando DA - 2012 DO - 10.6083/M4S75DBQ DO - DOI ED - Thuillier, Phillippe ED - Becker, Thomas ED - Mori, Motomi ED - Hartung, Daniel ED - Srikanth, Priya ED - Mentor ED - Committee member ED - Committee member ED - Committee member ED - Committee member ID - 850 KW - Erythrocytes KW - Nutrition Surveys KW - Peptic Ulcer KW - Folic Acid KW - DNA KW - Amino Acids KW - Folic Acid KW - Health Care Costs KW - Nutrition Surveys KW - Peptic Ulcer KW - nhanes KW - national health and nutrition examination survey L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/850/files/853_etd.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/850/files/853_etd.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/850/files/853_etd.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/850/files/853_etd.pdf N2 - In the United States about half a million people develop peptic ulcer each year, and the health care costs of this disease amounts to an estimated value of $10 billion annually. To date, there have been no studies evaluating the association between folic acid consumption or folic acid levels, and reduction in peptic ulcers. It might be possible that the mechanism of action of folic acid on amino acid and DNA synthesis might help cells regenerate and act protectively against peptic ulcers. The objective of this project is to evaluate the association between the level of red blood cell folic acid and a history of peptic ulcers using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database from the years 1999-2000. PY - 2012 T1 - Levels of red blood cell folic acid and a history of peptic ulcer disease TI - Levels of red blood cell folic acid and a history of peptic ulcer disease UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/850/files/853_etd.pdf Y1 - 2012 ER -