TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimation of intake and status of vitamin A, vitamin E and folate in older European adults: the ZENITH
AU - Polito, A
AU - Intorre, F
AU - Andriollo-Sanchez, M
AU - Azzini, E
AU - Raguzzini, A
AU - Meunier, N
AU - Ducros, V
AU - O'Connor, JM
AU - Coudray, C
AU - Roussel, AM
AU - Maiani, G
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - Objective: To report selected dietary intake and vitamin status at baseline of volunteers participating in the ZENITH study and the correlation of vitamin status with zinc. Design: A multicentre prospective intervention study employing a randomised double-blind design. Setting: Clermont-Ferrand, Theix (France), Coleraine (Northern Ireland), Grenoble (France), Rome (Italy). Participants: In total, 387 healthy middle-aged (55-70 y) and older (70-87 y) men and women participated in the study. Methods: Dietary intake was assessed by means of a validated 4-d recall record. Fasting blood samples were simultaneously analysed for retinol and alpha-tocopherol by the HLPC method. Erythrocyte folates were measured by a competitive immunoassay with direct chemiluminescence detection on an automatised immunoanalyser. Results: In all centres, men had a significantly (P<0.0001) higher mean nutrient intake than women. Comparison between age-groups showed that older individuals had significantly lower intakes of macro- and selected micronutrients than middle-aged subjects (P<0.0001). A high fat intake (from 36 to 40% of total energy) was observed in all examined groups. In relation to biochemical measures of vitamin status, all parameters were above their respective cut-off values for normality and, thus, none of the subjects had biochemical evidence of deficiency of these selected vitamins. A moderate correlation was found with plasma vitamin A and serum zinc (r=0.12, P<0.05) or red blood cell zinc (r= 0.12, P<0.01) and with erythrocyte folates and red blood cell zinc (r=0.11, P<0.05). Conclusions: There were only moderate differences in the nutrient intake of the ZENITH study volunteers among the four European centres. Their biochemical status for retinol, a-tocopherol and folate appeared adequate.
AB - Objective: To report selected dietary intake and vitamin status at baseline of volunteers participating in the ZENITH study and the correlation of vitamin status with zinc. Design: A multicentre prospective intervention study employing a randomised double-blind design. Setting: Clermont-Ferrand, Theix (France), Coleraine (Northern Ireland), Grenoble (France), Rome (Italy). Participants: In total, 387 healthy middle-aged (55-70 y) and older (70-87 y) men and women participated in the study. Methods: Dietary intake was assessed by means of a validated 4-d recall record. Fasting blood samples were simultaneously analysed for retinol and alpha-tocopherol by the HLPC method. Erythrocyte folates were measured by a competitive immunoassay with direct chemiluminescence detection on an automatised immunoanalyser. Results: In all centres, men had a significantly (P<0.0001) higher mean nutrient intake than women. Comparison between age-groups showed that older individuals had significantly lower intakes of macro- and selected micronutrients than middle-aged subjects (P<0.0001). A high fat intake (from 36 to 40% of total energy) was observed in all examined groups. In relation to biochemical measures of vitamin status, all parameters were above their respective cut-off values for normality and, thus, none of the subjects had biochemical evidence of deficiency of these selected vitamins. A moderate correlation was found with plasma vitamin A and serum zinc (r=0.12, P<0.05) or red blood cell zinc (r= 0.12, P<0.01) and with erythrocyte folates and red blood cell zinc (r=0.11, P<0.05). Conclusions: There were only moderate differences in the nutrient intake of the ZENITH study volunteers among the four European centres. Their biochemical status for retinol, a-tocopherol and folate appeared adequate.
U2 - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602297
DO - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602297
M3 - Article
SN - 1476-5640
VL - 59
SP - S42-S47
JO - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
IS - Suppl.
ER -