title: Vitamin B-6 intakes of lactating women: analyzed vs calculated values.
abstract: Results of our study suggest that calculation of vitamin B-6 content of diets using a current database can provide a reasonably good estimation of the vitamin B-6 intakes of a population of lactating women. Our study also demonstrates that the mean vitamin B-6 intake of this group of lactating women 2 months after they had given birth, who were not using vitamin B-6 supplements, was 1.45 mg, which is less than 70% of the RDA. However, on the basis of guidelines for the assessment of vitamin B-6 status using dietary vitamin B-6:protein ratio (15,20), the women appeared to be consuming adequate amounts of vitamin B-6.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition and Food Systems, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mangels
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Moser-Veillon
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Andon
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015930:Diet Records; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D011736:Pyridoxine