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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Folate, Vitamin B12 and Homocysteine status in the post-folic acid fortification era in different subgroups of the Brazilian population attended to at a public health care center

 

Elderly

Children

Pregnant women

Lactating women

(N = 262)

(N = 106)

(N = 291)

(N = 60)

Age (y)

67 (60 – 91)

3 (0.5 - 6)

26 (14–43)

26.5 (14–40)

Gender (male)

114

54

-

-

BMI (mean ± SD)

26.7 (23.9, 29.9)

15.9 (14.8, 17.9)

26.4 (23.4, 30.7)

23.4 (21.5, 26.4)

Supplementation1 [n (%)]

43 (16.4)

22 (16.6)

138 (47.4)

10 (16.6)

Smoking [n (%)]

20 (7.6)

-

27 (9.3)

8 (13.3)

Hypertension2 [n (%)]

158 (60.3)

-

42 (14.4)

5 (8.3)

Diabetes [n (%)]

65 (24.8)

3 (2.8)

12 (4.1)

1 (1.6)

Dyslipidemia [n (%)]

65 (24.8)

-

2 (0.7)

-

Gestational stage3 n (%)]

    

First trimester

-

-

73 (27.8)

-

Second trimester

-

-

125 (47.5)

-

Third trimester

-

-

65 (24.7)

-

  1. Age is expressed as median and range in parentheses. Body Mass Index (BMI) is expressed as median and percentiles (25 and 75) in parentheses. Gender is expressed as number of individuals.
  2. 1Users of multivitamins or folic acid supplements.
  3. 2Hypertension definition: blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg.
  4. 3Gestational stage was not available for 28 pregnant women.