Fortified breakfast cereal consumed daily for 12 wk leads to a significant improvement in micronutrient intake and micronutrient status in adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial

Table 6 Effects of cereal intervention on percentage of girls falling below^a biochemical thresholds for normality

Analyte	Threshold	Unfortified cereal		Fortified cereal
		Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
EGRAC^b	>1.3	100	100	100	63*
EGRAC	>1.4	95	97	94	42*
EGRAC	>1.6	60	57	47	8*
Plasma HoloTC^c	<37pmol/L	46	51	53	36*
Plasma 5MeTHF^d	<14 nmol/L	11	8	14	0*
Plasma 25(OH)D^e	<25 nmol/L	32	46	31	31
Plasma ferritin	<15 ng/ml	46	49	50	44
Hemoglobin	<120 g/L	24	14	11	15
Mean cell volume (fl)	<84 fl	27	49	46	53

*significantly different from girls in the unfortified group (Chi Squared test; P < 0.05)
^aabove threshold values for EGRAC
^berythrocyte glutathione reductase activation coefficient
^cplasma holotranscobalamin
^dplasma 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate
^eplasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D

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