Maternal choline status, but not fetal genotype, influences cord plasma choline metabolite concentrations

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1491-1497

  Visentin, Carly E ^a,c   Masih, Shannon ^a,c   Plumptre, Lesley ^a,c   Malysheva, Olga ^e   Nielsen, Daiva E ^a   Sohn, Kyoung Jin ^b,c   Ly, Anna ^b,c   Lausman, Andrea Y ^b   Berger, Howard ^b   Croxford, Ruth ^f   El Sohemy, Ahmed ^a   Caudill, Marie A ^e   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a,d   Kim, Young In ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betaine; Choline; Dimethylglycine; Fetal genotype; Maternal diet; Pregnancy; Trimethylamine N oxide

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; METHYLAMINE; SARCOSINE; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CARBON METABOLISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL PLASMA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETAINE; CANADA; CHOLINE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GENOTYPE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHYLAMINES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOSINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935478537     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.211136     Document Type: Article

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