VITAMIN B12ABSORPTION FROM THE GUT DOES NOT DECLINE WITH AGE IN NORMAL ELDERLY HUMANS
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 11 (3) , 180-183
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/11.3.180
Abstract
In 37 elderly subjects undergoing measurement of whole body retention of 58 Co-B 12 at 7 and/or 14 days it was observed that significant (> 5%) retention of an inert non-absorbable marker ( 51 CrCl 3 ) occurred at 7 days in 23% of subjects and at 14 days in 8% of subjects. In view of the substantial retention of marker at 7 days it is suggested, therefore, that 14-day measurements of B 12 retention are more appropriate than 7-day measurements in the elderly. Whole body retention of vitamin B 12 at 14 days was measured in 51 healthy elderly subjects. Results obtained did not correlate with age, between 60 and 96 years, and were no different from results obtained from younger subjects in previously reported studies. It is concluded that vitamin B 12 absorption, per se, does not decline with age.Keywords
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