Applying inappropriate cutoffs leads to misinterpretation of folate status in the US population1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1607-1615

  Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a   Sternberg, Maya R ^a   Hamner, Heather C ^b   Crider, Krista S ^c   Lacher, David A ^d   Rogers, Lisa M ^e   Bailey, Regan L ^f,g   Yetley, Elizabeth A ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

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

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Insufficiency; Microbiologic assay; NHANES; Radioprotein binding assay

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIOPROTEIN BINDING ASSAY; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORTIFIED FOOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002427105     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.138529     Document Type: Article

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