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Estimation of intake and status of vitamin A, vitamin E and folate in older European adults: the ZENITH.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To report selected dietary intake and vitamin status at baseline of volunteers participating in the ZENITH study and the correlation of vitamin status with zinc. DESIGN:A multicentre prospective intervention study employing a randomised double-blind design. SETTING:Clermont-Ferrand, Theix (France), Coleraine (Northern Ireland), Grenoble (France), Rome (Italy). PARTICIPANTS:In total, 387 healthy middle-aged (55-70 y) and older (70-87 y) men and women participated in the study. METHODS:Dietary intake was assessed by means of a validated 4-d recall record. Fasting blood samples were simultaneously analysed for retinol and alpha-tocopherol by the HLPC method. Erythrocyte folates were measured by a competitive immunoassay with direct chemiluminescence detection on an automatised immunoanalyser. RESULTS:In all centres, men had a significantly (P < 0.0001) higher mean nutrient intake than women. Comparison between age-groups showed that older individuals had significantly lower intakes of macro- and selected micronutrients than middle-aged subjects (P < 0.0001). A high fat intake (from 36 to 40% of total energy) was observed in all examined groups. In relation to biochemical measures of vitamin status, all parameters were above their respective cut-off values for normality and, thus, none of the subjects had biochemical evidence of deficiency of these selected vitamins. A moderate correlation was found with plasma vitamin A and serum zinc (r = 0.12, P < 0.05) or red blood cell zinc (r = 0.12, P < 0.01) and with erythrocyte folates and red blood cell zinc (r = 0.11, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS:There were only moderate differences in the nutrient intake of the ZENITH study volunteers among the four European centres. Their biochemical status for retinol, alpha-tocopherol and folate appeared adequate.

journal_name

Eur J Clin Nutr

journal_title

European journal of clinical nutrition

authors

Polito A,Intorre F,Andriollo-Sanchez M,Azzini E,Raguzzini A,Meunier N,Ducros V,O'Connor JM,Coudray C,Roussel AM,Maiani G

doi

10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602297

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-11-01 00:00:00

pages

S42-7

eissn

0954-3007

issn

1476-5640

pii

1602297

journal_volume

59 Suppl 2

pub_type

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Estimation of intake and status of vitamin A, vitamin E and folate in older European adults: the ZENITH.