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Dietary folate intake: implication for folate deficiency in Thai overweight adults
Author(s) -
Warisnoicharoen Warangkana,
Suvichakorn Kongnapa,
Kangsadalampai Orag
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.21.6.lb53-c
Subject(s) - overweight , lactobacillus casei , medicine , homocysteine , folic acid , obesity , physiology , food science , chemistry , fermentation
Folate deficiency increases the risk factors of some chronic diseases. Low serum folate can lead to higher plasma homocysteine and cardiovascular disease which is also overweight‐related. This study was aimed to investigate the relation between the folate intake from diets and serum folate of Thai overweight. The 24‐hour recalled questionnaire (RQ) and semi‐quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) were assessment tools for dietary folate intake of Thai adults (aged 36±10 years) which were either overweight (n= 48, BMI=27.97±3.41 kg/m 2 ) or normal weight (n= 31, BMI=20.66±1.70 kg/m 2 ). The amount of serum folate was determined by a microbiological method using Lactobacillus casei ATCC 7469. The results revealed that although the total dietary folate intake per day seen in both groups was not much different, the overweight group consumed significantly (p<0.05) less folate from bean and bean products (24.27±18.23 mcg from RQ; 28.89±15.12 mcg from SFFQ) than the normal weight group (31.88±24.76 mcg from RQ; 42.27±32.42 mcg for SFFQ). The serum folate of overweight group (4.68±3.13 ng/ml) was insignificantly lower than that of the normal weight group (6.46±5.20 ng/ml); however, the amount obtained was not classified as folate deficiency (<3 ng/ml). In conclusion, the folate status can be implied by the dietary folate consumption and bring about the nutrition modification to prevent the risk of folate‐related diseases.