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The correlation between the intake of lutein, lycopene and β-carotene from vegetables and fruits, and blood plasma concentrations in a group of women aged 50-65 years in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

K. John Scott ,
David I Thurnham ,
David J Hart ,
Sheila A Bingham  and
Ken Day
K. John Scott
Affiliation:
1Nutrition, Diet and Health Department, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
David I Thurnham
Affiliation:
2Human Nutrition Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 ISA
David J Hart
Affiliation:
1Nutrition, Diet and Health Department, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA
Sheila A Bingham
Affiliation:
3Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2DH
Ken Day
Affiliation:
4Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Downhams Lane, Milton Road, CambridgeCB4 IXJ
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The correlations between the mean of 4 d weighed intakes of lutein, lycopene and βcarotene and mean plasma concentations during each of the four Seasons were lutein r 0·64, lycopene r 0·47 and βcarotene r 0·45. Intake was not significantly correlated with plasma concentrations during every seasonal time-point. There was a significantly higher intake of lutein during the spring compared with summer and autumn, lycopene intake was significantly higher during the summer and autumn and there were no significant seasonal differences in β-carotene intake. There were, however, significant seasonal differences in plasma carotenoid concentrations, the highest levels occumng between May and October. There were large inter- and intra-individual variations in intake and plasma concentrations of carotenoids. BMI was inversely correlated with plasma βcarotene (r-0·41). The findings suggest that plasma carotenoid concentrations are indicative of dietary intake, but the large intra-individual variation in plasma concentrations indicates that any assessment of longer-term status from data at any one time-point should be treated with caution.

Keywords

CarotenoidsSeasonal variation in intakePlasma concentations
Type
correlation of intake with plasma concentration of carotenoids
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 409 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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