Renata Bortolus1, Francesca Filippini1, Silvia Udali2, Marianna Rinaldi3, Sabrina Genesini3, Giorgio Gandini3, Martina Montagnana4, Francesca Chiaffarino5, Giuseppe Lippi4, Patrizia Pattini2, Gelinda De Grandi2, Oliviero Olivieri2, Fabio Parazzini5,6, Simonetta Friso7. 1. Office for Research Promotion, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy. 2. Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine, Verona, Italy. 3. Unit of Transfusion Medicine, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy. 4. Section of Clinical Biochemistry and Hematology, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy. 5. Department of Woman, Newborn and Child, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. 6. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. 7. Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine, Verona, Italy. simonetta.friso@univr.it.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To define blood status of folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, homocysteine, and major one-carbon metabolism-related polymorphisms in healthy, males and females blood donors, aged 18-65 years were evaluated. General characteristics and lifestyle factors were also investigated. METHODS: An explorative cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate a sample of blood donors attending the Unit of Transfusion Medicine of the Verona University Hospital, Italy. From April 2016 to May 2018, 499 subjects were enrolled (255 men, 244 women of whom 155 of childbearing age). Major clinical characteristics including lifestyle and dietary habits, B vitamins and homocysteine were analyzed. The MTHFR 677 C>T, cSHMT 1420 C>T, DHFR 19 bp ins/del, RFC1 80 G>A polymorphisms were also determined. RESULTS: Mean plasma concentrations of folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and homocysteine were 14.2 nmol/L (95% CI 13.7-14.8), 271.9 pmol/L (95% CI 262.6-281.5), 51.0 nmol/L (95% CI 48.7-53.4) and 13.5 µmol/L (95% CI 13.1-14.0), respectively. Plasma folate, was adequate (> 15 nmol/L) in 44.7% of all subjects, 39.0% of males and 42.5% of women < 45 years. Similarly, vitamin B12 was adequate (> 350 pmol/L) in 25.1% of all subjects and in 20.3% of men ≥ 45 years. The rare allele frequencies were 0.21 for MTHFR 677TT, 0.11 for cSHMT 1420TT, 0.18 for DHFR 19 bp del/del, 0.20 for RFC1 80AA, and a gene-nutrient interaction was confirmed for folate concentrations according to MTHFR 677C>T and DHFR 19 bp del/del. CONCLUSION: An Italian sample of healthy blood donors shows that an adequate concentration of plasma folate and vitamin B12 is reached only in a limited percentage of subjects, thus encouraging consideration for specific public health strategies.
PURPOSE: To define blood status of folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, homocysteine, and major one-carbon metabolism-related polymorphisms in healthy, males and females blood donors, aged 18-65 years were evaluated. General characteristics and lifestyle factors were also investigated. METHODS: An explorative cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate a sample of blood donors attending the Unit of Transfusion Medicine of the Verona University Hospital, Italy. From April 2016 to May 2018, 499 subjects were enrolled (255 men, 244 women of whom 155 of childbearing age). Major clinical characteristics including lifestyle and dietary habits, B vitamins and homocysteine were analyzed. The MTHFR 677 C>T, cSHMT 1420 C>T, DHFR 19 bp ins/del, RFC1 80 G>A polymorphisms were also determined. RESULTS: Mean plasma concentrations of folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and homocysteine were 14.2 nmol/L (95% CI 13.7-14.8), 271.9 pmol/L (95% CI 262.6-281.5), 51.0 nmol/L (95% CI 48.7-53.4) and 13.5 µmol/L (95% CI 13.1-14.0), respectively. Plasma folate, was adequate (> 15 nmol/L) in 44.7% of all subjects, 39.0% of males and 42.5% of women < 45 years. Similarly, vitamin B12 was adequate (> 350 pmol/L) in 25.1% of all subjects and in 20.3% of men ≥ 45 years. The rare allele frequencies were 0.21 for MTHFR 677TT, 0.11 for cSHMT 1420TT, 0.18 for DHFR 19 bp del/del, 0.20 for RFC1 80AA, and a gene-nutrient interaction was confirmed for folate concentrations according to MTHFR 677C>T and DHFR 19 bp del/del. CONCLUSION: An Italian sample of healthy blood donors shows that an adequate concentration of plasma folate and vitamin B12 is reached only in a limited percentage of subjects, thus encouraging consideration for specific public health strategies.
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