Table 4 Effect of regular milk intake (14Â days) on biomarkers
From: Daily milk intake improves vitamin B-12 status in young vegetarian Indians: an intervention trial
Milk intake 400 ml | Deficient group |  | No intervention group n = 10 (ns- for all) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Every day | n = 29 | p value | |||
| Â | Day-15 | Day-30 | Â | Day-1 | Day-15 |
Hemoglobin (g/L) | 128(123,135) | 131(125,140) | ns | 130(120,140) | 127(117,136) |
Mean corpuscular volume (fL) | 84.3 (82.2,90.4) | 86.2 (83.5,91.0) | ns | 86.4(82.0,92.0) | 85.4(82.2,90.5) |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.0 (0.9,1.1) | 0.9(0.85,1.1) | ns | 1.0(0.95,1.2) | 1.0(0.9,1.1) |
Pl. vitamin B-12 (pmol/L) | 92.8 (71.0,117.6) | 122.1 (90.6,141.3) | <0.0001 | 115.5 (97.7, 177.6) | 113.9 (102.1, 173.2) |
Pl. folate (ng/mL) | 5.6 (4.6, 12.8) | 5.7 (4.6, 11.9) | ns | 6.1 (4.4, 13.8) | 5.9 (4.2, 14.9) |
Pl. holo-TC (pmol/L) | 14.4 (10.82, 19.75) | 19.2 14.95,24.6) | <0.0001 | 19.2(10.2,23.5) | 19.5(11.1,22.9) |
Pl. tHcy (μ mol/L) | 31.9 (22.6,54.0) | 24.9 (18.54,41.45) | <0.0001 | 22.85 (20.5,35.7) | 23.9 (20.7,31.7) |