title: [Distribution of serum folic acid level of patient suffered mild and moderate hypertension in six cities in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe distribution of serum folic acid concentrations and differences among age, gender groups and geography in Chinese population with mild-to-moderate hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  455 subjects aged 28 to 75 years were randomly recruited from six cities in China. Serum folic acid concentrations were measured by electrochemiluminescence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1)The mean of serum folic acid in male (12.39nmol/L) was lower than that in female (14.61nmol/L) (P <0.01). The folic acid deficiency rate and lower folic acid rate in male were also significantly higher than those in female (P < 0.05). (2) Subjects from Nanjing city could have relatively higher level in serum of folic acid (P < 0.05), when compared with those from other cities. Additionally, there were no differential distributions of folic acid levels among different age groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serum folic acid distribution in Chinese mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients could have gender and geography differences.
authors: Biomedical Institute, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
authors: Guohai
authors: G
authors: Wang
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Huo
authors: Mengde
authors: M
authors: Wang
authors: Houxun
authors: H
authors: Xing
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid