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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2013 Oct 3;191(4):971–976. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.09.065

Table 1.

Folate intake by source in 1,153 men with prostate cancer from CaPSURE

Overall RP BT EBRT
No. pts 1,153 840 209 104
Mean ± SD folate (mcg):*
 Total 709 ± 326 714 ± 321 693 ± 331 702 ± 354
 Dietary 442 ± 177 444 ± 179 432 ± 173 448 ± 174
 DFE 1,058 ± 578 1,067 ± 569 1,033 ± 596 1,039 ± 625
*

Total folate includes supplements and fortified foods, dietary folate does not include supplements and DFE of food equals amount contributed by folate naturally plus 1.7 times amount of added folic acid so that DFE can be greater than total folate.