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. 2006 Nov;96(11):2040–2047. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.067371

TABLE 1—

Population Total Folate Consumption Pre- and Postfortification, With and Without Measurement Error Correction

% Women Aged 15–44 Years Consuming > 200 μg/day % Women Aged 15–44 Years Consuming > 400 μg/day % Men Aged ≥65 Years Consuming > 1000 μg/day % Women Aged ≥ 65 Years Consuming>1000 μg/day
Uncorrected Corrected Uncorrected Corrected Uncorrected Corrected Uncorrected Corrected
Within-Person Variance Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Within-Person Variance Pre Post Pre Post Within-Person Variance Pre Post Pre Post
Non-Hispanic Whites 0.4827 62 82 60 91*** 36 52 30 39*** 0.2036 5% 8% 2% 4%** 0.2616 4% 8% 2% 4%***
Non-Hispanic Blacks 0.3684 49 70 43 69*** 27 31 20 26*** 0.4904 3% 3% 1% 3%** 0.4138 2% 1% 1% 1%
Mexican Americans 0.4331 45 77 42 88*** 25 37 17 28*** 0.2692 15% 5% 6% 2%* 0.2901 12% 2% 4% 1%*

*P < .1; **P < .05; ***P < .01 (2-sample test for binomial proportions).