Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research / 2010 / Article / Tab 2 / Review Article
Discovery of Novel Sources of Vitamin B12 in Traditional Korean Foods from Nutritional Surveys of Centenarians Table 2 Blood biochemical variables including vitamin B12 level of Korean centenarians.¶
Lee et al. [6 ] Kwon et al. [7 ] Kwak et al. [9 ]† Male
𝑛
=
6
) Female
𝑛
=
3
7
) Male (
𝑛
=
1
3
) Female (
𝑛
=
1
0
4
) Female (
𝑛
=
6
2
) RBC (×1003 /μ L)
4
.
0
±
0
.
3
∗
3
.
6
±
0
.
4
3
.
6
2
±
0
.
6
6
WBC(×103 /μ L)
4
.
7
±
1
.
7
4
.
5
±
1
.
2
4
.
7
7
±
1
.
7
1
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
1
2
.
8
±
0
.
9
1
1
.
4
±
1
.
3
1
1
.
3
±
2
.
0
Anemic (Hb < 11.2) 0.0% 47.4% Anemic (Hb < 12) 56.7% Hematocrit (%)
3
8
.
0
±
2
.
7
∗
3
4
.
9
±
3
.
7
3
4
.
7
±
5
.
9
Albumin (g/dL)
3
.
7
±
0
.
5
3
.
7
±
0
.
4
3
.
7
±
0
.
5
3
.
8
±
0
.
4
3
.
7
5
±
0
.
3
9
Low (<3.5) 19.4% Globulin (g/dL)
3
.
3
±
0
.
4
3
.
2
±
0
.
5
3
.
1
6
±
0
.
4
7
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
6
9
.
7
±
2
0
.
6
∗
1
0
4
.
1
±
5
9
.
3
1
0
3
.
4
±
5
5
.
4
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
1
5
5
.
2
±
2
2
.
4
1
6
8
.
2
±
3
6
.
9
1
6
8
.
7
±
3
7
.
1
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
9
7
.
7
±
9
.
8
∗
1
1
2
.
6
±
3
2
.
7
1
1
0
.
8
±
3
2
.
9
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
4
6
.
8
±
1
6
.
9
4
2
.
5
±
9
.
3
4
2
.
1
±
9
.
4
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)
3
9
3
.
2
±
4
5
.
5
4
0
5
.
5
±
2
6
.
4
4
4
1
.
5
±
2
4
3
.
1
Deficient (<200) 0.0% 15.8% 11.3% Marginal (≥200,<340) 33.9% Adequate (≥340) 54.8% Folate (ng/mL)
4
.
6
7
±
4
.
2
4
5
.
6
7
±
4
.
0
1
5
.
7
9
±
3
.
8
0
Deficient (<3) 33.3% 28.9% 33.8% Homocysteine (μ mol/L) — —
2
4
.
9
±
9
.
3
2
1
.
1
±
7
.
3
2
2
.
3
±
7
.
6
Hyper (>17) — — 73.0%
Values are represented as mean ± SD.¶ All the parameters were analyzed in serum from notfasting blood samples.† Data except vitamin B12 have not been published.
∗
Significantly different between males and females at
𝑃
<
.
0
5
.
