title: Nutritional status of the elderly. III. Vitamin nutriture of elderly pensioners in Perugia.
abstract: The thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin C, vitamin A, folacin, and vitamin B12 nutriture was assessed in a longitudinal study in 206 aged pensioners of the city of Perugia. The prevalence of thiamin and riboflavin malnutrition, particularly in men, was rather high. Unexpectedly low values of plasma vitamin C were not uncommon among men. For folacin there were a large number of individuals with low plasma levels, while the plasma levels of vitamin A and B12 is in general satisfactory. As in other studies, no significant correlation between vitamin nutriture and intake was found.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood; D001361:Avitaminosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000097:blood; D012737:Sex Factors; D013831:Thiamine / Q000097:blood; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D005492:Folic Acid; D014805:Vitamin B 12; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D012256:Riboflavin; D013831:Thiamine