Effects of maternal 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and tobacco smoking on infant birth weight in a Japanese population

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-102

  Yila, Thamar Ayo ^a   Sasaki, Seiko ^a   Miyashita, Chihiro ^a   Braimoh, Titilola Serifat ^a   Kashino, Ikuko ^a   Kobayashi, Sumitaka ^a   Okada, Emiko ^a   Baba, Toshiaki ^a   Yoshioka, Eiji ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a   Endo, Toshiaki ^b   Sengoku, Kazuo ^c   Kishi, Reiko ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Folate; Japan; MTHFR SNPs; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING;

EID: 84862282953     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110039     Document Type: Article

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