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Vitamin B12 deficiency in metformin-treated community-dwelling older adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional multicentre study in Perak [PDF]

Malaysian Family Physician
Introduction: Surveillance studies have shown a high prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in metformin-treated adults. Community-dwelling older adults have a higher risk of vitamin B12 deficiency due to lower gut absorption.
Kin Wei Chua, Rosilawati Abdul Rani, Xing Yi Tang, Ainul Hana Ahmad Tajuddin, Yogeswary Sivaraja, Suriyati Sariban, Norwani Razali, Sofiah Zainal Abidin, Chin Aun Liew, Wee Kooi Cheah   +9 more
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Maternal vitamin B12 deficiency and perinatal outcomes in southern India.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundVitamin B12 deficiency during pregnancy has been associated with adverse maternal and infant health outcomes. Few prospective studies have investigated vitamin B12 status early in pregnancy, and its links to infant vitamin B12 status ...
Julia L Finkelstein, Amy Fothergill, Jesse T Krisher, Tinku Thomas, Anura V Kurpad, Pratibha Dwarkanath   +5 more
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Vitamin B12 – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023

Food & Nutrition Research, 2023
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is essential for normal metabolic function, and even moderate deficiency of this vitamin has negative health effects. Vitamin B12 is found in animal foods, and as vegetarian diets are increasingly popular in Western countries, one
Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen, Vegard Lysne
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Ambulatory Pediatric Outpatient Cases

Çocuk Dergisi, 2022
Objective: This study aims to determine the frequency of vitamin B12 deficiency in children and how it varies according to age groups. Vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin that has an important role in nucleic acid synthesis, erythrocyte maturation, and ...
Muhammet Ali Varkal
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Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency and its associated neuropathy in patients taking long term metformin therapy in Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research, 2023
Background: Diabetic people on metformin are more likely to develop vitamin B12 deficiency. There has been little research into the duration of therapy and dose of metformin that causes B12 deficiency and peripheral neuropathy.
Suresh Kumar, Sivaprakash Varadan, Viswanathan P, Vaishnavi Sekar, Tanisha Singh, RB Sudagar Singh   +5 more
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二甲双胍日剂量和治疗时间对中国2型糖尿病患者维生素B12缺乏和周围神经病变患病率的影响:一项多中心横断面研究

Journal of Diabetes, 2023
Aims To evaluate the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving metformin treatment and to investigate the effects of metformin daily dose and treatment duration on the prevalence of vitamin B12 ...
Leili Gao, Xingwu Ran, Xuejun Liu, Xingping Shen, Shuchun Chen, Fuqiang Liu, Dong Zhao, Yan Bi, Qing Su, Yao Lu, Minxiang Lei, Yanfang Wang, Linong Ji   +12 more
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Low vitamin B12 levels among newly-arrived refugees from Bhutan, Iran and Afghanistan: a multicentre Australian study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency is prevalent in many countries of origin of refugees. Using a threshold of 5% above which a prevalence of low Vitamin B12 is indicative of a population health problem, we hypothesised that Vitamin B12 deficiency exceeds
Jill Benson, Christine Phillips, Margaret Kay, Murray T Webber, Alison J Ratcliff, Ignacio Correa-Velez, Michelle F Lorimer   +6 more
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Can Vitamin B12 Deficiency Really Cause Vasovagal Syncope? Retrospective Analysis of 469 Pediatric Vasovagal Syncope Cases

Trends in Pediatrics, 2022
Objective: Syncope is a frequent reason for referral to pediatric cardiology clinics. Vitamin B12 deficiency is frequently diagnosed in pediatric patients.
Süleyman Sunkak, Mustafa Argun
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The status of vitamin B12 and folate among Chinese women: a population-based cross-sectional study in northwest China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of the vitamin B12 and folate of Chinese women living in northwest China. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2008 among Chinese women aged 10-49 years living in Shaanxi province of northwest
Shaonong Dang, Hong Yan, Lingxia Zeng, Quanli Wang, Qiang Li, Shengbin Xiao, Xiaojing Fan   +6 more
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Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in type 2 diabetic patients taking metformin, a cross-sectional study in primary healthcare

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
BackgroundSeveral studies documented that metformin use contributes to vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there has been a lack of data assessing this issue in Jordan.AimsAssess the vitamin B12 serum levels,
Thekraiat Al Quran, Ateka Khader, Hadeel Allan, Rua’a Al-Momani, Hamzeh T. Aqel, Mu’taz Alsaleh, Ziad Bataineh, Ziad Bataineh   +7 more
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