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Hematological Parameters, Ferritin and Vitamin B 12 in Vegetarians

Pongstapom W , Bunyaratavej A

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Pongstapom W, Bunyaratavej A. Hematological Parameters, Ferritin and Vitamin B 12 in Vegetarians. J Med Assoc Thai 1999;82:304.

Hematological parameters and serum ferritin were compared between 179 vegetarians
and 58 control subjects using Hematology analyzer H3 and microparticle enzyme immunoassay,
respectively. Serum Vitamin B !2 was also compared between 68 vegetarians and 30 control subjects
using microparticle enzyme immunoassay. It was found that hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean
corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemogolbin concentration, white blood cells, neutrophils,
serum ferritin and serum vitamin B 12 in vegetarian were significantly lower than control
subjects (P

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