Red blood cell folate levels in Canadian Inuit women of childbearing years

Influence of food security, body mass index, smoking, education, and vitamin use

Bibliographic Data

ID8897871
AuthorsKait Duncan (University of British Columbia), Anders C Erickson (0000-0003-3306-5364, University of British Columbia), Grace M Egeland (0000-0003-4475-5440, University of Bergen), Hope A Weiler (McGill University), Hope Weiler, Laura Arbour (0000-0002-9589-0880, University of Victoria, corresponding author), Laura T Arbour
Year2018
Volume109
Issue5-6
Pages684-691
Publication date2018-05-09
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4263 • E-ISSN: 1920-7476
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.17269/s41997-018-0085-y
PMID29981096
OpenAlexW2800211487
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

While mean levels of folate reached target levels, this was largely driven by the small number of women taking vitamin supplements. Our results suggest that folate status is often too low in Inuit women of childbearing years. Initiatives to improve food security, culturally relevant education on folate-rich traditional foods, vitamin supplements, and smoking cessation/reduction programs may benefit Inuit women and improve birth outcomes

Biology · Body mass index · Environmental health · folic acid · Fortification · Pregnancy · Vitamin · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Endocrinology · Folate and B Vitamins Research · Food Science · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management · Internal Medicine · Medicine

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