Clinical relevance of low serum vitamin B12 concentrations in older people: the Banbury B12 study

2006176 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Harold Hin · Highbury Hospital

Robert Clarke

Abstract

low vitamin B12 concentrations are associated with cognitive impairment and missing ankle tendon jerks in older people in the absence of anaemia. Large-scale trials of vitamin B12 supplementation are required to assess the clinical significance of these associations.

Topics & Keywords

Folate and B Vitamins Research Fluoride Effects and Removal Nutrition and Health in Aging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Age and Ageing

Volume 35, Issue 4, pp. 416-422

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl033

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