Open AccessPlasma total cysteine, pregnancy complications, and adverse pregnancy outcomes: the Hordaland Homocysteine Study
Author(s) -
Lina El-Khairy,
Dan J. Stein,
Helga Refsum,
Per Magne Ueland
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/77.2.467
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , preeclampsia , placental abruption , odds ratio , homocysteine , birth weight , low birth weight , premature birth , body mass index , gestational age , fetus , biology , genetics
Total homocysteine (tHcy) is associated with pregnancy complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The associations of plasma total cysteine (tCys) with such outcomes have not been investigated in large populations.
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