Maternal smoking is associated with decreased 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in cord plasma | Zendy

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Maternal smoking is associated with decreased 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in cord plasma

Author(s) -

Ken D. Stark,

Robert J. Pawlosky,

Robert J. Sokol,

John H. Hannigan,

Norman Salem

Publication year - 2007

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/85.3.796

Subject(s) - medicine , umbilical cord , fetus , placenta , cord blood , cord , pregnancy , cigarette smoke , venous blood , physiology , obstetrics , endocrinology , surgery , immunology , biology , genetics , environmental health

Maternal-fetal folate transport via the placenta has been shown to be concentrative. Exposure to cigarette smoke is associated with decreased maternal folate status through altered dietary intakes and possibly through nondietary mechanisms such as increased folate turnover. The effect of maternal smoking on fetal folate status has not been documented.

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