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).


Drug
Therapy




User (n = 22)
Non-user (n = 53)
p-value


Vitamin B12 (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.

n.s. – not significantly different

Paulionis et al. BMC Geriatrics 2005 5:16   doi:10.1186/1471-2318-5-16