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Nutritional risks in the Spanish population: results of the eVe study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 57, pages S73–S75 (2003)Cite this article

Abstract

Objective: To determine the vitamin status of different groups within the Spanish population.

Design: Pooled analysis of cross-sectional population nutritional regional studies and meta-analysis of smaller studies in population subgroups performed in Spain between 1990 and 1999.

Subjects: In total, 10 208 participants in eight random population studies aged 25–60 y and participants in 76 studies included in the meta-analysis.

Interventions: The data from different nutritional studies performed on sample populations representative of eight regions of Spain were integrated into a single database. A meta-analysis was also performed on the results of nutritional studies on the Spanish population involving subjects of other ages and status (all published between 1990 and 1999).

Results: The mean intakes observed after the integration of the eight regional studies, and in the meta-analysis study, were similar to those recommended, although a considerable percentage of people had insufficient intakes.

Conclusions: Further studies are required, but the vitamin status of the Spanish population clearly shows room for improvement, especially with respect to vitamins B2, B6, A, E, D and folates. Bearing in mind that adequate vitamin intakes are associated with protection from a range of diseases, steps should be taken to correct the imbalances recorded.

The support of Roche Vitamins SA and Roche Consumer Health Spain was of great help in the undertaking of this research.

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  1. Departamento de Nutrición, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

    R M Ortega & M C Mena

  2. Unidad de Nutrición Comunitaria, Subárea Municipal de Salud Pública, Bilbao, Spain

    J Aranceta

  3. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Ll Serra-Majem

  4. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain

    A Entrala

  5. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, Spain

    A Gil

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Contributors: Dr RM Ortega has been the person responsible for producing the first manuscript. In addition, Dr RM Ortega and Dr L Serra-Majem have been involved in the meta-analysis study. Dr J Aranceta was responsible for collecting and compiling the data from the different nutritional epidemiological Spanish studies. Dr A Entrala and Dr A Gil have been contributed in the analysis of results of the eVe study and Dr MC Mena assisted Dr RM Ortega in the meta-analysis study.

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Ortega, R., Aranceta, J., Serra-Majem, L. et al. Nutritional risks in the Spanish population: results of the eVe study. Eur J Clin Nutr 57 (Suppl 1), S73–S75 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601821

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