Table 4.
A and B Comparison of clinical parameters between the low (<5.5 ng/mL) and high (>25.7 ng/mL) serum folate groups. The items indicated in bold were significantly different between the two groups before correction for the number of parameters compared. The items indicated in italics were statistically significantly different between the two groups after Bonferroni correction.
| A | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | BMI | Hb | MCV | Creat | Alb | ALT | Iron | Ferritin | B12 | |
| <5.4 ng/mL | ||||||||||
| Mean | 53 | 28.5 | 10.5 | 90.1 | 2.01 | 3.48 | 24.96 | 57.75 | 983.15 | 709.8 |
| SD | 14.9 | 7.85 | 2.47 | 10.21 | 2.55 | 0.74 | 21.96 | 45.05 | 1619.55 | 1194.2 |
| Number | 128 | 125 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 125 | 125 | 67 | 64 | 128 |
| >25.7 ng/mL | ||||||||||
| Mean | 58.38 | 27.2 | 12.02 | 93.23 | 1.36 | 3.96 | 33.9 | 60.7 | 406.6 | 919.7 |
| SD | 18.17 | 7.1 | 2.44 | 7.74 | 1.62 | 0.57 | 47.6 | 48.1 | 570.5 | 1690.4 |
| Number | 128 | 128 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 118 | 118 | 41 | 42 | 124 |
| Raw p | 0.0079 | 0.14 | 0.0000032 | 0.0069 | 0.017 | 0.000000079 | 0.059 | 0.56 | 0.012 | 0.24 |
| Corrected p | 0.11 | 1.97 | 0.000045 | 0.096 | 0.24 | 0.0000011 | 0.83 | 7.91 | 0.17 | 3.31 |
| B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Race | Alcohol | At risk | Suppl |
| <5.4 ng/mL | ||||
| 56 | W=52 | 21 | 107 | 0 |
| B=71 | ||||
| H=2 | ||||
| O=3 | ||||
| >25.7 ng/mL | ||||
| 54 | W=78 | 28 | 91 | 82(+33) |
| B=46 | ||||
| H=3 | ||||
| O=1 | ||||
| Raw p | 0.0083 | 0.27 | 0.017 | 0 |
| Corrected p | 0.12 | 3.72 | 0.24 | 0 |
W=White, B=African American, H=Hispanic, O=other; At risk=at risk of malnutrition, Suppl=supplementation with folic acid or multivitamin.