Does obesity modify the association of supplemental folic acid with folate status among nonpregnant women of childbearing age in the United States?

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 749-755

  Tinker, Sarah C ^a   Hamner, Heather C ^a   Berry, Robert J ^a   Bailey, Lynn B ^b   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate status; Folic acid; NHANES; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867673739     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23024     Document Type: Article

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