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Total folic acid intake, which is associated with neural tube defect risk reduction, has been found to vary by acculturation factors (i.e. language preference, country of origin, or time spent in the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">U<\/jats:styled-content>nited<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>tates) among<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">H<\/jats:styled-content>ispanic women. It is unknown whether this same association is present for blood folate status. 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Cross\u2010sectional data from the 2001\u20132010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>ational<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">H<\/jats:styled-content>ealth and<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>utrition<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">E<\/jats:styled-content>xamination<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>urvey (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHANES<\/jats:styled-content>) were used to investigate how blood folate concentrations differ among<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHW<\/jats:styled-content>or<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>women of childbearing age. The impact of folic acid supplement use on blood folate concentrations was also examined.<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>women with lower acculturation factors had lower serum and<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RBC<\/jats:styled-content>folate concentrations compared with<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHW<\/jats:styled-content>women and to their more acculturated<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>counterparts. Consuming a folic acid supplement can minimize these disparities, but<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>women, especially lower acculturated<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>women, were less likely to report using supplements. Public health efforts to increase blood folate concentrations among<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>women should consider acculturation factors when identifying appropriate interventions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/mcn.12134","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,17]],"date-time":"2014-06-17T11:30:39Z","timestamp":1403004639000},"page":"39-50","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Blood folate concentrations among women of childbearing age by race\/ethnicity and acculturation,<scp>NHANES<\/scp>2001\u20132010"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Claire M.","family":"Marchetta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta Georgia USA"},{"name":"Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Oak Ridge Tennessee USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Heather C.","family":"Hamner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,6,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jada.2008.05.009"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199911113412001"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2012.10.023"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/bdra.20582"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/bdra.20517"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","article-title":"Recommendations for the use of folic acid to reduce the number of cases of spina bifida and other neural tube defects","volume":"41","author":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)","year":"1992","journal-title":"MMWR. 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