Dietary intake of vitamin B12 in relation to diet and lifestyle characteristics in a population at high risk for colorectal cancer.

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12), published as an observational study.

Besides irreplaceable role in health, vitamin B12 is proposed to have cytoprotective role in colorectal cancer (CRC).

The aim of this study was to determine whether total dietary intake of vitamin B12 and contribution from its food sources relates to a low-risk diet and lifestyle in a population at high risk for CRC.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 200 adults taking part.

The age groups tagged for this paper are adults, both men and women.

An observational study on 200 healthy adults from Eastern Croatia was conducted during April-May 2013.

How the Study Was Run

A typical diet of this population in this region is characterized with all known major dietary risk factors for CRC placing the population at high risk for CRC, yet the incidence of CRC remains relatively low.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Colorectal Neoplasms, Croatia, Diet, Life Style, Risk Factors and Vitamin B 12.

Author keywords: colorectal cancer, diet and lifestyle characteristics, dietary vitamin B12, high-risk diet and lifestyle and population at high-risk for CRC.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) in 200 adults.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 6 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2018 (Central European journal of public health), a journal based in Czech Republic.

More context: the Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) compound page, all human trials.