Levels of serum folate, vitamin B12 and ferritin in patients with schizophrenia
Abstract：Objective To investigate the distribution of serum folate, vitamin B12 and ferritin in patients with schizophrenia.Methods Blood samples were collected from 1042 patients with schizophrenia. Levels of serum folate, vitamin B12 and ferritin were detected by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay.Re-sultsThe prevalence of low vitamin B12, folate and ferritin levels in schizophrenia patients was generally higher than 5%. And the prevalence of low folate was as high as 38.29%. The prevalence of low vitamin B12 was about 18.14%. There were gender differences in levels of folate (t=-5.83,P<0.01), and age differences in levels of vitamin B12 (t=2.08,P<0.05) in patients with schizophrenia.Conclusions The prevalence of low serum vita-min B12, folate and ferritin levels in patients with chronic schizophrenia is high, which need to be actively con-cerned about.
Keywords：SchizophreniaVitamin B12Folic acidFerritin
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 180-183 )