Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Persons with Intellectual Disability in a Vegetarian Residential Care Community

The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among intellectually disabled persons in a vegetarian remedial community in Israel. In this community, 47 individuals with intellectual disability (ID) live in 7 enlarged families in a kibbutz style agricultural setting...

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Autores principales: Morad, Mohammed, Gringols, Mark, Kandel, Isack, Merrick, Joav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15674451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.11
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Sumario:The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among intellectually disabled persons in a vegetarian remedial community in Israel. In this community, 47 individuals with intellectual disability (ID) live in 7 enlarged families in a kibbutz style agricultural setting. These 47 individuals and 17 of their caregivers were screened for vitamin B12 deficiency. There were 25.5% of the disabled vs. 11.8% of the caregivers found to have levels of vitamin B12 lower than 157 pg/ml. It is concluded that persons with ID in this vegetarian residential care community seemed to be at a higher risk for vitamin B12 deficiency.

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