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Sobczyńska-Malefora A, Harrington DJ, Voong K, et al. Plasma and red cell reference intervals of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate of healthy adults in whom biochemical functional deficiencies of folate and vitamin B 12 had been excluded. Adv Hematol. 2014;2014:465623doi: 10.1155/2014/465623.
Sobczyńska-Malefora, A., Harrington, D. J., Voong, K., & Shearer, M. J. (2014). Plasma and red cell reference intervals of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate of healthy adults in whom biochemical functional deficiencies of folate and vitamin B 12 had been excluded. Advances in hematology, 2014465623. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/465623
Sobczyńska-Malefora, Agata, et al. "Plasma and red cell reference intervals of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate of healthy adults in whom biochemical functional deficiencies of folate and vitamin B 12 had been excluded." Advances in hematology vol. 2014 (2014): 465623. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/465623
Sobczyńska-Malefora A, Harrington DJ, Voong K, Shearer MJ. Plasma and red cell reference intervals of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate of healthy adults in whom biochemical functional deficiencies of folate and vitamin B 12 had been excluded. Adv Hematol. 2014;2014:465623. doi: 10.1155/2014/465623. Epub 2014 Jan 15. PMID: 24527038; PMCID: PMC3914575.
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Adv Hematol. 2014;2014:465623. doi: 10.1155/2014/465623. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Plasma and red cell reference intervals of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate of healthy adults in whom biochemical functional deficiencies of folate and vitamin B 12 had been excluded.

Advances in hematology

Agata Sobczyńska-Malefora, Dominic J Harrington, Kieran Voong, Martin J Shearer

Affiliations

  1. The Nutristasis Unit, The Centre for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, GSTS Pathology (Part of King's Healthcare Partners), St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.

PMID: 24527038 PMCID: PMC3914575 DOI: 10.1155/2014/465623

Abstract

5-Methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) is the predominant form of folate and a strong determinant of homocysteine concentrations. There is evidence that suboptimal 5-MTHF availability is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of homocysteine. The analysis of folates remains challenging and is almost exclusively limited to the reporting of "total" folate rather than individual molecular forms. The purpose of this study was to establish the reference intervals of 5-MTHF in plasma and red cells of healthy adults who had been prescreened to exclude biochemical evidence of functional deficiency of folate and/or vitamin B12. Functional folate and vitamin B12 status was assessed by respective plasma measurements of homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in 144 healthy volunteers, aged 19-64 years. After the exclusion of 10 individuals, values for 134 subjects were used to establish the upper reference limits for homocysteine (13  μ mol/L females and 15  μ mol/L males) and methylmalonic acid (430 nmol/L). Subjects with values below these cutoffs were designated as folate and vitamin B12 replete and their plasma and red cell 5-MTHF reference intervals determined, N = 126: 6.6-39.9 nmol/L and 223-1041 nmol/L, respectively. The application of these intervals will assist in the evaluation of folate status and facilitate studies to evaluate the relationship of 5-MTHF to disease.

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