Plasma Vitamin C Levels: Risk Factors for Deficiency and Association with Self-Reported Functional Health in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the demographic and lifestyles factors associated with vitamin C deficiency and to examine the association between plasma vitamin C level and self-reported physical functional health. A population-based cross-sectional study using the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk study. Plasma vitamin C level < 11 µmol/L indicated vitamin C deficiency. Unconditional logistic regression models assessed the association between vitamin C deficiency and potential risk factors. Associations between quartiles of vitamin C and self-reported functional health measured by the 36-item short-form questionnaire (SF-36) were assessed. After adjustment, vitamin C deficiency was associated with older age, being male, lower physical activity, smoking, more socially deprived area (T

SUBMITTER: McCall SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6682997 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature