Biomarkers · Nutritional

Serum beta-Cryptoxanthin

The published study could not tell whether risk rises or falls: its 95% interval includes no change. No risk curve catalogued yet.

Published risk of death1.52×lowest vs highest tertile of serum beta-cryptoxanthin (95% CI 1.00–2.32) · Independently living Dutch elderly aged 65-85 y, health survey 1991/1992

Serum beta-Cryptoxanthin by age and sex

Each bar runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile, the darker part from the 25th to the 75th, and the tick is the median. Not a reference range or a target.

The percentiles as a table

Each row is one sex and age band: the values below which 5%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 95% of people fall (ug/dL), from the survey named in the row. Not a reference range or a target.
Sex	Age	5th	25th	Median	75th	95th	n	Cycle / source
All	20-39	2.53	4.41	7.04	11.1	23.6	1,377	NHANES 2017-2018
All	40-59	2.21	4.21	6.67	10.5	25.2	1,499	NHANES 2017-2018
All	60+	1.66	3.37	5.47	9.37	25.8	1,824	NHANES 2017-2018
All	all	2.08	4.02	6.46	10.4	24.7	4,700	NHANES 2017-2018
Men	20-39	2.86	4.66	6.81	10.8	23.2	661	NHANES 2017-2018
Men	40-59	2.23	4.15	7.26	10.8	22.7	706	NHANES 2017-2018
Men	60+	1.37	3.00	4.96	8.47	19.7	926	NHANES 2017-2018
Men	all	2.05	4.00	6.50	10.5	22.5	2,293	NHANES 2017-2018
Women	20-39	2.21	4.16	7.22	11.4	23.9	716	NHANES 2017-2018
Women	40-59	2.09	4.29	6.36	9.84	28.4	793	NHANES 2017-2018
Women	60+	1.83	3.53	5.71	10.1	28.7	898	NHANES 2017-2018
Women	all	2.09	4.03	6.39	10.4	27.5	2,407	NHANES 2017-2018

What studies found when this marker was changed

They describe what happened in those study groups, not a recommendation. See all catalogued interventions.

Measured changes in Serum beta-Cryptoxanthin, study by study

2 effects with a numeric size, each from one study arm: the dot is the reported change, the line its 95% interval where one was given. Study results in the groups studied, not predictions for a person.

Things that worsen it

Each row is one study: what was changed, the effect it reported on this marker, and the source.
Type	Condition or exposure	Reported effect	Evidence	Source
diet	Sucrose polyester (SPE) fat replacer 17 g/day in chips and spread for 1 year vs control in adults with low or high habitual fruit and vegetable intake	Serum lipid-adjusted beta-cryptoxanthin fell 18% vs control after 1 year on 17 g/day SPE (P < 0.001); n=380 across 4 arms	RCT	Broekmans WM, Klöpping-Ketelaars IA, Weststrate JA, et al. J Nutr…
nutraceutical	Plant sterol or stanol consumption (average 2.5 g/day) vs control in randomized controlled trials	Plasma beta-cryptoxanthin fell 10.6% (95% CI -14.3 to -6.9) non-standardized (-4.8% TC-standardized) vs control; 41 RCTs, n=3306; duration not stated	meta-analysis	Baumgartner S, Ras RT, Trautwein EA, Mensink RP, Plat J. Eur J Nutr…

Sources

De Waart et al. Serum carotenoids, alpha-tocopherol and mortality risk in a prospective study among Dutch elderly. International journal of epidemiology. 2001;30:136-43.