Pediatric reference intervals for serum folate and cobalamin based on a European population without exposure to folic acid fortification

The aim of the present study was to define pediatric reference intervals for serum cobalamin and folate utilizing data generated from a population not exposed to food fortified with folic acid. Folate and cobalamin results analyzed by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (Roche Cobas) were obtained from 2375 children (2 months to 17.99 years of age). The serum samples were collected between 2011 and 2015 as part of the LIFE (Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases) Child cohort study in Germany, where folic acid fortification of food is not mandated. These results were used to generate age- and gender-specific reference intervals presented as non-parametric 2.5 and 97.5 percentiles. Because of a subsequent restandardisation of the Roche folate assay in 2016, folate values were recalculated accordingly for adaptation to results obtained using the present calibration. In both genders, folate concentrations decreased continuously with age, whereas cobalamin concentrations peaked at five years of age and then declined. Teenage females had higher concentrations of cobalamin in the age group 12-17.99 years.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - (2024) vom: 21. März, Seite 1-5

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Englisch

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Ridefelt, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Saldeen, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Vogel, Mandy [VerfasserIn]
Ceglarek, Uta [VerfasserIn]
Kiess, Wieland [VerfasserIn]
Larsson, Anders [VerfasserIn]

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Adolescent
Children
Cobalamin
Folate
Journal Article
Reference values
Vitamin B12

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Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1080/00365513.2024.2330918

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NLM37001555X