Current Estimates of Serum Vitamin C and Vitamin C Deficiency in the United States
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Serum vitamin C and the prevalence of vitamin C deficiency in the United States: 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
BACKGROUND Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) may be the most important water-soluble antioxidant in human plasma. In the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-1994), approximately 13% of the US population was vitamin C deficient (serum concentrations <11.4 micromol/L). OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine the most current distribution of serum vitamin C concentrations...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Developments in Nutrition
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2475-2991
DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab053_060