American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 50, 339-345, Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Plasma pyridoxal 5'-phosphate concentration and dietary vitamin B-6 intake in free-living, low-income elderly people

MM Manore, LA Vaughan, SS Carroll and JE Leklem
Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-2502.

Free-living, elderly persons (aged greater than or equal to 60 y, n = 198) were recruited to determine the effects of age, sex, health status, dietary vitamin B-6 intakes, and B-6 supplement use on plasma pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP). Vitamin B-6 intakes were determined from 3-d diet records; supplementation was based on self-reported brand and frequency data. Fasting blood samples were analyzed for PLP. Subjects were primarily low-income Caucasians. There was no linear relationship between dietary vitamin B-6 intake, age, sex or health status, and PLP while accounting for supplemental vitamin B-6 use. PLP, however, was negatively correlated with age (p less than 0.001) in individuals with PLP values between 32 and 90 nmol/L. Vitamin B-6 status was low (PLP less than 32 nmol/L) in 32% of this elderly population (n = 198) and could be attributed to low dietary vitamin B-6 intakes and/or the presence of health problems reported to alter vitamin B-6 status. This research suggests that low vitamin B-6 status is prevalent in low- income, elderly persons, especially those with multiple health problems.

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