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Influence of sex and age on vitamin A and E status
M Succari1, B Garric, C Ponteziere
1Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Corentin Celton, Issy Les Moulineaux, France.
Age and Ageing
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
Vitamins A and E were determined in the serum of 80 free-living healthy elderly subjects and in 80 healthy younger adults. Mean values and normal ranges were established for both groups and the influence of sex and age studied. We found a significantly lower level of vitamin A in the elderly men and women and a higher level of vitamin E in elderly women, relative to their younger counterparts. These differences may be related to life-style and age-associated physiological changes and justify the use of age-corrected standard values.