Interactions between plasma concentrations of folate and markers of vitamin B12 status with cognitive performance in elderly people not exposed to folic acid fortification: The Hordaland Health Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1085-1095

  Doets, Esmée L ^a   Ueland, Per M ^b,c   Tell, Grethe S ^b   Vollset, Stein Emil ^b   Nygård, Ottar K ^b,c   Van't Veer, Pieter ^a   De Groot, Lisette C P G M ^a   Nurk, Eha ^d,e   Refsum, Helga ^d,f   Smith, A David ^f   Eussen, Simone J P M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly; Folate; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KENDRICK OBJECT LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MODIFIED DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; MODIFIED MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORWEGIAN (CITIZEN); SHORT FORM OF THE BLOCK DESIGN; TRAIL MAKING TEST PART A; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84899698132     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451300336X     Document Type: Article

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