Impact of voluntary fortification and supplement use on dietary intakes and biomarker status of folate and vitamin B-12 in Irish adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1163-1172

  Hopkins, Sinéad M ^a   Gibney, Michael J ^a   Nugent, Anne P ^a   McNulty, Helene ^b   Molloy, Anne M ^c   Scott, John M ^c   Flynn, Albert ^d   Strain, J J ^b   Ward, Mary ^b   Walton, Janette ^d   McNulty, Breige A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

B vitamin biomarkers; Folate intakes; Supplements; Vitamin B 12 intakes; Voluntary fortification

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; IRISH (CITIZEN); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOLUNTARY FOOD FORTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IRELAND; METABOLISM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930439037     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.107151     Document Type: Article

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