The increasing importance of vitamin B12 deficiency as a contributing factor to anemia in Malaysia.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1994 Sep; 25(3): 457-8
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-33721
ABSTRACT
A comparative study was done to determine the profile of vitamin B12 and folate status in Malaysians during two different periods. For the period of 1987/88, we analysed a total of 9,162 cases (inpatients) referred for vitamin B12 estimation and 10,290 cases for folate estimation. We found that 2.6% were vitamin B12 deficient and 31.2% were folate deficient. For the period of 1992/93, of the 9,962 cases assayed, 8.2% were found to be vitamin B12 deficient whereas 7.6% of the 10,355 cases referred were folate deficient. Vitamin B12 and folate were assayed either using microbiological or radioassays. These findings indicate that there appears to be a change in the status of both vitamin B12 and folate over the five year interval.
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Main subject:
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
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Humans
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Prevalence
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Folic Acid Deficiency
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Anemia
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Malaysia
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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