Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency & levels of metabolites in an apparently normal urban south Indian elderly population.

Abstract

Our study is indicative of higher vitamin B₁₂ (2.4 μg/day) intakes in urban south Indian population. Thirty five per cent of the study population consumed multivitamin supplements and therefore, low plasma vitamin B₁₂ levels were seen only in 16 per cent of the study subjects. However, MMA was elevated in 55 per cent and Hcy in 13 per cent of the subjects.