Assessing the association between natural food folate intake and blood folate concentrations: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of trials and observational studies

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2663-2686

  Marchetta, Claire M ^a   Devine, Owen J ^b   Crider, Krista S ^c   Tsang, Becky L ^a   Cordero, Amy M ^c   Qi, Yan Ping ^a   Guo, Jing ^d   Berry, Robert J ^c   Rosenthal, Jorge ^c   Mulinare, Joseph ^b   Mersereau, Patricia ^e   Hamner, Heather C ^f  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b Carter Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^d Acentia   (United States)

^e SciMetrika   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Food folate; RBC folate; Serum plasma folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DATA PROCESSING; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE FOLIC ACID LEVEL; FOLATE INTAKE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN BINDING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927915674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7042663     Document Type: Article

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