...Nina Rogenhofer; Daniela Mischitz; Corinna Mann; Johanna Gluderer; Viktoria von Schönfeldt; Udo Jeschke; Christian J. Thaler Background: The important role of vitamin D3 in human health is well recognized. In this study, we measured serum concentrations of vitamin D3, vitamin B12 and B9 (folic acid...

... polymorphisms of pregnant women in Jiaodong region in China, and to investigate whether folic acid supplementation affect the pregnancy complications. Setting: A total of 7,812 pregnant women from the Jiaodong region in Shandong province in China. Methods: By using Taqman-MGB, 2,928 pregnant women (case group...

...Isil Coker; Ayfer Colak; Aybike Gunaslan Hasturk; Omur Yildiz; Hakan Turkon; Oya Halicioglu Introduction: The homocysteine level in blood is affected by gender, diet, smoking, folic acid and B-complex vitamins. It is known that higher than normal homocysteine levels in plasma may cause vascular...

... levels of vitamin B 12 (B 12 ) and folic acid (FA) were assessed by RIA in 213 women between the 6th and 43rd week of pregnancy. For 195 of these subjects, hemoglobin and hematocrit values were available. The logarithm (log) of B 12 levels was found to be inversely correlated with weeks of pregnancy (R...