Angelo L. Gaffo, another co-senior author, continued: “Our findings could have implications for patients who take supplementary folate to prevent complications of other pharmacological therapies.
“Although taking folate in these cases is clearly indicated, clinicians should be cautious about excessive folate intake. Of course, our results will require replication.”
The research team noted that the makeup of the UK BioBank data is limited to people aged 45 or older who are mainly of white European ethnicities.
Furthermore, this study didn’t actually look at the serum levels of folic acid in the participants.