Vitamin B12 deficiency and anemia in 140 Taiwanese female lacto-vegetarians

Autor: Ching-Hui Loh, Ming-Jay Hwang, Chun-Pin Lin, Yi-Pang Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Erythrocyte Indices
medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General)
Anemia
Microcytic anemia
Iron
Hyperhomocysteinemia
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
Macrocytosis
Gastroenterology
complex mixtures
03 medical and health sciences
Hemoglobins
Lacto-vegetarians
0302 clinical medicine
Folic Acid
R5-920
Parietal Cells
Gastric
Internal medicine
hemic and lymphatic diseases
medicine
Humans
Vitamin B12
Autoantibodies
medicine.diagnostic_test
Anemia
Iron-Deficiency
integumentary system
business.industry
Microcytosis
Complete blood count
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
hemic and immune systems
General Medicine
Normocytic anemia
medicine.disease
bacterial infections and mycoses
Vitamin B 12
Vitamin B12 deficiency
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
Hemoglobin
business
Vegetarians
Zdroj: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol 120, Iss 11, Pp 2003-2009 (2021)
ISSN: 0929-6646
Popis: Background/Purpose: Lacto-vegetarians (LVs) tend to have vitamin B12 deficiency (B12D). This study assessed whether 140 female LVs, including 16 B12D/LVs and 124 non-B12D/LVs, had significantly higher frequencies of microcytosis, macrocytosis, and of blood hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC), and serum vitamin B12 deficiencies than 140 healthy control subjects (HCSs). Methods: The complete blood count and serum vitamin B12 level in 140 female LVs and 140 female HCSs were measured and compared. Results: We found that 8.6%, 4.3%, 22.9%, 20.0%, and 11.4% of 140 LVs had microcytosis, macrocytosis, and blood Hb, RBC, and serum vitamin B12 deficiencies, respectively. The 140 LVs, 16 B12D/LVs, and 124 non-B12D/LVs had significantly higher frequencies of microcytosis as well as blood Hb and RBC deficiencies than 140 HCSs (all P-values
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