Vitamin B12 and folate levels in healthy Swiss senior citizens: A prospective study evaluating reference intervals and decision limits

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Risch, Martin ^a   Meier, Dominik W ^b   Sakem, Benjamin ^b   Medina Escobar, Pedro ^b   Risch, Corina ^b   Nydegger, Urs ^b   Risch, Lorenz ^b,c  

^a KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

^b Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr Risch   (Switzerland)

^c Private University   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Age; Folate; Glomerular filtration rate; Holotranscobalamin; Homocysteine; Kidney function; Longitudinal study methylmalonic acid; Reference interval; Senescence; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AGE; AGED; AGING; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84936870958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0060-x     Document Type: Article

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