title: Vitamin C status of 54-year old eastern Finnish men throughout the year.
abstract: We investigated the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) status in 1077 eastern Finnish men aged 54 years of age examined in the "Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study" in 1984-86. Dietary intake of ascorbic acid had a strong linear correlation to plasma ascorbic acid, and we found a clear seasonal variation in the plasma ascorbic acid levels: the highest values were found in August-September and again in April, and the lowest levels in November-January and in June. A true vitamin C depletion was found in 8.8% of the 1077 men studied, and, in addition, 16.5% had a mild vitamin C deprivation. The decreased plasma levels of this antioxidant vitamin may be associated with elevated blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Parvianinen
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Salonen
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D001206:Ascorbic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D004435:Eating; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D001205:Ascorbic Acid