Obesity is associated with increased red blood cell folate despite lower dietary intakes and serum concentrations

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-86

  Bird, Julia K ^a   Ronnenberg, Alayne G ^b   Choi, Sang Woon ^a,b   Du, Fangling ^c   Mason, Joel B ^d,e   Liu, Zhenhua ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; B vitamins; Biomarkers; Blood; Folate metabolism; NHANES; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SERUM; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84919754666     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.199117     Document Type: Article

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