%0 Journal Article
%T Consumo alimentar e concentra£¿£¿es intra-eritrocit¨¢rias de folato em mulheres do Recife, Nordeste do Brasil
%A Dantas
%A Janaina Almeida
%A Diniz
%A Alcides da Silva
%A de Arruda
%A Ilma Kruze Grande
%J Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrici¨®n
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X folate food intake and red blood cell folate concentrations were assess in women from recife, northeast brazil. following a two stages sampling procedure, a cross-sectional study was carried out involving 360 women, between 15-45y, attending in nine health care public unit in 2007-2008. folate intake was evaluated by a quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and compared with the values of the dietary reference intakes- dri£¿s. folate status was evaluated by red blood cell folate concentrations. geometric mean of folate intake was 627.1[ic95%600.4-655.0] ¦̀g/day. the frequency of women at risk for folate intake below the recommendation was 16.0% for adolescents (<330¦̀g/ day) and 6.3% for young adult (<320¦̀g/ day). the prevalence of women whose consumption exceeds the maximum tolerable intake was 48.0% (> 800¦̀g/ day) and 13.7% (> 1000¦̀g/ day) for adolescents and adults, respectively. the mean of red blood cell folate concentrations was 1797.8 ¡À 357.1nmol/l. folate rich-food intake did not show any correlation with red blood cell folate concentrations (r= 0.058 and p= 0.274). higher red blood cell folate concentrations were observed in adult young women (p=0.004) and among those with income up to two minimum wages (p=0.042). folate rich-food intake as well as red blood cell folate concentrations among women from recife were above the international recommendations.
%K food consumption
%K women in reproductive age
%K folate
%K fortification
%K red blood cell folate.
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