An appraisal of vitamin B6 status indices and associated confounders, in young people aged 4-18 years and in people aged 65 years and over, in two national British surveys

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-535

  Bates, Christopher J ^a   Pentieva, Kristina D ^a,b   Prentice, Ann ^a  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; British surveys; Confounders; Pyridoxal phosphate; Pyridoxic acid; Vitamin B6 status

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; CREATININE; HYDROLASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXIC ACID; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033233219     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980099000713     Document Type: Article

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