%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency in Mexican children aged 1 to 6 years in a population-based survey
%A Cuevas-Nasu
%A Luc¨ªa
%A Mundo-Rosas
%A Ver¨®nica
%A Shamah-Levy
%A Teresa
%A M¨¦ndez-G¨®mez Humaran
%A Ignacio
%A ¨¢vila-Arcos
%A Marco Antonio
%A Rebollar-Campos
%A Ma. del Rosario
%A Villalpando
%A Salvador
%J Salud P¨²blica de M¨¦xico
%D 2012
%I Instituto Nacional de Salud P¨²blica
%R 10.1590/S0036-36342012000200007
%X objective: to describe the magnitude and distribution of folate and vitamin b12 deficiency in mexican children. materials and methods: folate and vitamin b12 serum concentrations were measured in a probabilistic sample of 2 099 children. adjusted prevalence, mean concentrations and relevant associations were calculated based on series of logistic and linear regression models. results: the overall prevalence of folate and vitamin b12 deficiency were 3.2% and 7.7%, respectively. the highest prevalence of folate was found in the 2-year-old (7.9%), and of vitamin b12 in the 1 year-old (9.1%) groups. being a beneficiary of the fortified milk program liconsa was protectively associated with serum folate (p=0.001) and daily intake of milk with vitamin b12 (p=0.002) concentrations. conclusions: we describe the magnitude of folate and vitamin b12 deficiencies in mexican children. the deficiency of both vitamins in children under 2 years old is a moderate public health problem in mexico.
%K vitamin b12 deficiency
%K folate deficiency
%K children
%K probabilistic surveys
%K mexico.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0036-36342012000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en