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Table 3 A comparison of vitamin B12, Hcy and vitamin supplementation between users and non-users of drug therapy (proton-pump inhibitors and H2-blockers).

From: Vitamin status and cognitive function in a long-term care population

 

Drug

Therapy

 
 

User (n = 22)

Non-user (n = 53)

p-value

Vitamin B 12 (pmol/L)

   

   Mean (SD)

304.6 (128.9)

300.5 (182.7)

n.s.

Hcy (μmol/L)

   

   Mean (SD)

15.2 (9.2)

12.8 (4.2)

n.s.

Vitamin Supplementation

   

   n (%) within each group

11 (50.0%)

17 (32.0%)

n.s.

  1. n.s. – not significantly different