Association between dietary intake and blood concentrations of one-carbon-metabolism-related nutrients in European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition
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Abstract
Background/Objectives: We examined the association between dietary intake and blood concentrations of one-carbon metabolism (OCM)-related nutrients in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Methods: Blood concentrations and dietary intake of the vitamins riboflavin (B2), Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP and B6), folate (B9), B12, and methionine, concentrations of homocysteine, and dietary intake of betaine, choline, and cysteine were pooled from 16,267 participants in nine EPIC nested case–control studies. Correlation analyses between dietary intakes and blood concentrations were carried out. Principal component (PC) analysis identified latent factors in the two sets of measurements. Results: Pearson correlations between dietary intakes and blood concentrations ranged from 0.08 for methionine to 0.12 for vitamin B2, 0.15 for vitamin B12, 0.17 for vitamin B6, and 0.19 for folate. Individual dietary intakes showed higher correlations (ranging from −0.14 to 0.82) compared to individual blood concentrations (from −0.31 to 0.29). Correlations did not vary by smoking status, case–control status, or vitamin supplement use. The first PC of dietary intakes was mostly associated with methionine, vitamin B12, cysteine, and choline, while the first PC of blood concentrations was associated with folate and vitamin B6. Conclusions: Within this large European study, we found weak to moderate associations between dietary intakes and concentrations of OCM-related nutrients.
Date Issued
2025-06-02
Date Acceptance
2025-06-05
Citation
Nutrients, 2025, 17 (12)
ISSN
2072-6643
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1970
End Page
1970
Journal / Book Title
Nutrients
Volume
17
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/).
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10.3390/nu17121970
Subjects
blood B-vitamin concentrations
dietary B-vitamins
one-carbon metabolism
nutrients
partial least square path modeling
principal component analysis
EPIC
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1970
Date Publish Online
2025-06-10