Means (95% confidence intervals), age adjusted by analysis of covariance, of plasma homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B12, for Indians (I), Malays (M), and Chinese (C), by gender, for age group 30 to 69 years
| Indians (men=129, women=119) | Malays (men=104, women=106) | Chinese (men=136, women=132) | Significance, p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I v M | I v C | M v C | |||||||
| Homocysteine (μmol/l) | |||||||||
| Men | 16.2 (15.1, 17.2) | 15.0 (13.8, 16.1) | 15.3 (14.3, 16.3) | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.99 | |||
| Women | 11.5 (10.5, 12.3) | 12.5 (11.5, 13.5) | 12.2 (11.3, 13.1) | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.68 | |||
| Folate (nmol/l) | |||||||||
| Men | 8.7 (7.8, 9.6) | 8.5 (7.5, 9.5) | 9.7 (8.8, 10.6) | 1.00 | 0.39 | 0.21 | |||
| Women | 10.9 (9.2, 12.7) | 10.8 (8.9, 12.6) | 13.8 (12.1, 15.4) | 1.00 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |||
| Vitamin B12 (pmol/l) | |||||||||
| Men | 352.5 (320.5, 384.4) | 430.5 (395.0, 460.0) | 371.1 (340.0, 402.3) | <0.01 | 0.41 | 0.01 | |||
| Women | 350.7 (318.7, 385.0) | 486.0 (449.8, 522.2) | 373.7 (341.2, 406.1) | <0.01 | 0.34 | <0.01 | |||