Total folate intake medians, pre- and postfortification, for men (a) and women (b) aged ‡15 years. Medians are presented by cohort and race/ethnicity, and includes folate consumption from all food and supplement sources. The effect of fortification was found to be highly significant (P < .001), after control for age, age-squared, gender, and race/ ethnicity. The effect of age varied significantly by race/ethnicity and gender, and the effect of gender varied significantly by race/ethnicity.