NDNS: blood folate supplementary report
Data on blood folate concentrations published as part of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS).
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The blood folate report is part of Public Health England’s National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) series.
This report presents results for serum total folate and red blood cell folate levels in women of childbearing age, other adults, and children for the UK overall, and separately for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
We republished the report in November 2017 with revised blood folate results. See the attached HTML document for details of the changes.
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Published 20 March 2015Last updated 28 November 2017 + show all updates
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Published updated blood folate report with revised results.
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Announced upcoming changes to the blood folate results report.
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Added: notice of required corrections to free (unmetabolised) folic acid and serum total folate concentrations; an update on the adjusted thresholds to define biochemical folate deficiency.
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Notice of required corrections added: corrections will be required to the thresholds used to define biochemical folate deficiency. This will result in higher percentages of the population falling below the thresholds.
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First published.