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PLASMA FOLATE LEVELS FOLLOWING AN ORAL LOAD OF FOLIC ACID DURING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Landon M. J.,
Hytten F. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb14205.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , folic acid , medicine , physiology , body weight , obstetrics , endocrinology , biology , genetics
Summary The rise in the plasma level of folate following an oral load of 15 μg. of folic acid per kg. body weight was examined in a serial study of 12 healthy pregnant women. The average rise in pregnancy was similar to that postpartum and in two male control subjects, but there was a suggestion of a more sluggish rise in early compared to late pregnancy. Individual variation was considerable and greatly exceeded any possible effect of pregnancy. These data provide no evidence that pregnant women suffer an impairment of folate absorption.