| pre 1st slice | 1 hour post | 2 hrs post | 3 hrs post | 4 hrs post | 1 hour post 2nd slice | 2 hrs post | 3 hrs post |
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Serum folate | i | ii | iii | iv | v | vi | vii | viii |
Mean | 14.1111 | 14.70 | 15.16 | 14.72 | 14.41 | 14.43 | 13.84 | 13.28 |
SD | 5.24 | 5.59 | 4.99 | 5.32 | 5.83 | 5.78 | 5.25 | 5.47 |
CI (95%) | 11.59 – 16.63 | 12.00 – 17.39 | 12.75 – 17.56 | 12.16 – 17.28 | 11.60 – 17.22 | 11.65 – 17.22 | 11.23 – 16.45 | 10.46 – 16.10 |
- This table illustrates mean total serum folate (μg/L) concentrations in a group of healthy adult subject (n = 19) exposed to a folic fortified bread for 1-week. Subject were pre-saturated with folic acid supplements for 14-weeks prior to the bread. The bread was fortified with 100 μg folic acid per slice, which was administered twice a day for seven days. The samples shown here were collected on the 7th day of bread consumption pre-prandially and post-prandially. Standard deviations and confidence intervals are also shown. Serum folic acid was not detectable at any sampling points