The concentration of vitamin B12, transcobalamins and folate in blood in a Greenland Eskimo population sample. Increased cobalamin and transcobalamin II in plasma compared with a Danish reference group.
The concentrations of cobalamin and transcobalamin I and II in plasma and of folate in erythrocytes were determined in a Greenlander population sample. Compared with the Danish reference group, cobalamin and transcobalamin II were increased in the Eskimos, whereas there were no differences in transcobalamin I and erythrocyte folate.
D000328:Adult; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D003718:Denmark; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D006116:Greenland; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014155:Transcobalamins / Q000032:analysis*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood*
D001798:Blood Proteins; D014155:Transcobalamins; D005492:Folic Acid; D014805:Vitamin B 12