Folate and vitamin B-12 status in relation to anemia, macrocytosis, and cognitive impairment in older Americans in the age of folic acid fortification

Historic reports on the treatment of pernicious anemia with folic acid suggest that high-level folic acid fortification delays the diagnosis of or exacerbates the effects of vitamin B-12 deficiency, which affects many seniors. This idea is controversial, however, because observational data are few a...

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Published in:	The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 85; no. 1; p. 193
Main Authors:	Morris, Martha Savaria, Jacques, Paul F, Rosenberg, Irwin H, Selhub, Jacob
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2007
Subjects:	Aged Aging - blood Anemia - blood Anemia - epidemiology Anemia - prevention & control Anemia, Macrocytic - blood Anemia, Macrocytic - epidemiology Anemia, Macrocytic - prevention & control Cognition Disorders - blood Cognition Disorders - epidemiology Cognition Disorders - prevention & control Confidence Intervals Creatinine - blood Female Folic Acid - administration & dosage Folic Acid - blood Folic Acid - metabolism Food, Fortified Humans Male Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Status Odds Ratio Vitamin B 12 - blood Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - complications Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - diagnosis
ISSN:	0002-9165
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