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Table 2 Vitamin B and homocysteine levels

From: Vitamin B12 status in patients of Turkish and Dutch descent with depression: a comparative cross-sectional study

 

Patients of Turkish descent, n = 47 (62.66%)

Patients of Dutch descent, n = 28 (37.33)

Statistics

P value

Vitamin B6, mean (SD)

62.28

16.18

68.96

16.18

-1.481a

0.138

Vitamin B12, mean (SD)

222.87

105.0

293.71

96.33

-3,314a

0.001

Folic acid, mean (SD)

16.67

6.74

16.68

6.87

-0.208a

0.835

Homocysteine, mean (SD)

11.27

6.30

10.61

3.04

0.355a

0.723

Vitamin B12 deficiency, n (%)

14

29.79

1

3.70

7.219b

0.007

Hyperhomocysteinaemia (>15), n (%)

5

11.11

3

11.11

0.000b

1.000

  1. aZ score; bχ2 test.