Table 5 Nutritional status and hematological biomarkers following intervention

EGRAC^b

1.68 (0.25)

1.65 (0.18)

1.58 (0.13)

1.38 (0.15)*

<0.001

Plasma holoTC^c (pmol/L)

40.7 (16.27)

39.4 (7.44)

35.3 (12.94)

42.8 (13.66)**

<0.001

Plasma 5MeTHF^d (nmol/L)

15.4 (8.09)

14.1 (6.90)

17.3 (7.96)

32.9 (16.16)**

<0.001

Plasma 25(OH)D^e (nmol/L)

39.4 (22.77)

30.6 (18.74)*

42.5 (29.21)

43.7 (28.22)

<0.001

Plasma ferritin (ng/ml)

21.7 (14.42)

18.4 (11.63)

19.3 (12.38)

22.1 (16.73)**

<0.001

Hemoglobin (g/L)

128 (8.03)

128 (6.63)

130 (7.96)

130 (7.68)

0.876

Hematocrit

0.38 (0.03)

0.38 (0.02)

0.38 (0.02)

0.38 (0.02)

0.687

Mean cell volume (fl)

85.0 (4.31)

84.1 (4.33)*

84.0 (3.84)

83.2 (3.82)*

0.876