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Ethnicity influences total serum vitamin B12 concentration: a study of Black, Asian and White patients in a primary care setting – Jessica O’Logbon (2020)

A growing body of evidence suggests that ethnicity and race influence vitamin B12 metabolism and status yet clinical awareness of this is poor, causing doubts regarding diagnosis and treatment. Moreover, deficiency and insufficiency cut-offs are universally applied for this test in most diagnostic settings.