Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin C deficiency in North and South India: A two centre population based study in people aged 60 years and over

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Ravindran, Ravilla D ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev K ^b   Young, Ian S ^c   Maraini, Giovanni ^d   Camparini, Monica ^d   Jayanthi, R ^a   John, Neena ^b   Fitzpatrick, Kathryn E ^e   Chakravarthy, Usha ^c   Ravilla, Thulasiraj D ^f   Fletcher, Astrid E ^e  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASON;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 82755192503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028588     Document Type: Article

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