Impact of baseline vitamin B12 status on the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurologic function in older people: Secondary analysis of data from the OPEN randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1166-1172

  Miles, L M ^a   Allen, E ^a   Clarke, R ^b   Mills, K ^c   Uauy, R ^a   Dangour, A D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; ELDERLY CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85013405024     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.7     Document Type: Article

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