Research Article
Circulating Unmetabolized Folic Acid: Relationship to Folate Status and Effect of Supplementation
Table 5
Between-group comparisons of plasma concentrations of unmetabolized folic acid.
| | Plasma folic acid (nmol/L) | | | | 1.1 mg | 5 mg | | |
| | Week 0 | 4.76 (ND–41.90) | 3.67 (ND–22.71) | 0.06 | 0.95 | | Week 6 | 7.23 (1.79–81.92) | 6.05 (0.18–28.98) | 1.26 | 0.21 | | Week 12 | 8.34 (2.42–86.43) | 8.02 (0.97–24.31) | −0.11 | 0.91 | | Week 30 | 3.13 (ND–29.66) | 4.35 (ND–16.45) | 0.06 | 0.95 |
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a value, as determined by Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.
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