FOLATE STATUS IN A GERIATRIC POPULATION AND ITS RELATION TO DEMENTIA
- 1 August 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 2 (3) , 177-182
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/2.3.177
Abstract
Anaemia was present in 20 per cent of 113 consecutive admissions to a geriatric unit. This was microcytic in 8 per cent and macrocytic in 11 per cent. Sixteen per cent of patients had folate deficiency (low red-cell folate). Fourteen patients with dementia had significantly lower red-cell folate levels (mean 279 ng/ml) than the group as a whole (mean 394 ng/ml).Keywords
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