Low folate status enhances pregnancy changes in plasma betaine and dimethylglycine concentrations and the association between betaine and homocysteine

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1252-1259

  Fernàndez Roig, Sílvia ^a,b   Cavallé Busquets, Pere ^b,c   Fernandez Ballart, Joan D ^a,b   Ballesteros, Monica ^d   Berrocal Zaragoza, Maria Isabel ^a,b   Salat Batlle, Judith ^a,b   Ueland, Per M ^e,f   Murphy, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; BETAINE; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SARCOSINE; SPAIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84878382620     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.054189     Document Type: Article

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