Table 3 Distribution of vitamin B12 status in metabolically healthy obese (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) groups.

From: Metabolically healthy status in childhood obesity fails to protect against vitamin B12 deficiency

B12 Status

MHO (n = 133)

MUO (n = 158)

p-value

B12_ Deficient, n (%)

50 (37.5%)

50 (31.6%)

 

B12_ Intermediate, n (%)

32 (24.0%)

45 (28.4%)

 

B12_ Sufficient, n (%)

51 (38.3%)

63 (39.8%)

0.517

  1. Chi-square test. Vitamin B12 status was categorized as Deficient (< 200 pg/mL), Intermediate (200–300 pg/mL), and Sufficient (> 300 pg/mL). Data are presented as numbers (percentages). No statistically significant difference was observed between groups (p = 0.517).
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