Assessing the Association between Natural Food Folate Intake and Blood Folate Concentrations: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Trials and Observational Studies

Nutrients

Claire M. Marchetta⁴  Owen J. Devine³  Krista S. Crider⁵  Becky L. Tsang⁴  Amy M. Cordero⁵  Yan Ping Qi⁴  Jing Guo²  Robert J. Berry⁵  Jorge Rosenthal⁵  Joseph Mulinare³  Patricia Mersereau¹ 

[1] SciMetrika, LLC, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA; E-Mail:;Acentia, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA; E-Mail:;Carter Consulting, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30345, USA; E-Mails:;Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA; E-Mails:;Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (DBDDD), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA; E-Mails:

关键词: food folate;    serum/plasma folate;    RBC folate;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu7042663

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Folate is found naturally in foods or as synthetic folic acid in dietary supplements and fortified foods. Adequate periconceptional folic acid intake can prevent neural tube defects. Folate intake impacts blood folate concentration; however, the dose-response between natural food folate and blood folate concentrations has not been well described. We estimated this association among healthy females. A systematic literature review identified studies (1 1992–3 2014) with both natural food folate intake alone and blood folate concentration among females aged 12–49 years. Bayesian methods were used to estimate regression model parameters describing the association between natural food folate intake and subsequent blood folate concentration. Seven controlled trials and 29 observational studies met the inclusion criteria. For the six studies using microbiologic assay (MA) included in the meta-analysis, we estimate that a 6% (95% Credible Interval (CrI): 4%, 9%) increase in red blood cell (RBC) folate concentration and a 7% (95% CrI: 1%, 12%) increase in serum/plasma folate concentration can occur for every 10% increase in natural food folate intake. Using modeled results, we estimate that a natural food folate intake of ≥450 μg dietary folate equivalents (DFE)/day could achieve the lower bound of an RBC folate concentration (~1050 nmol/L) associated with the lowest risk of a neural tube defect. Natural food folate intake affects blood folate concentration and adequate intakes could help women achieve a RBC folate concentration associated with a risk of 6 neural tube defects/10,000 live births.

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