Open AccessFOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENT AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH
Author(s) -
Rolschau J.,
Date J.,
Kristoffersen K.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347909154593
Subject(s) - folic acid , medicine , pregnancy , birth weight , folic acid supplementation , obstetrics , physiology , biology , genetics
. The effect of a folic acid supplement on birth weight and placental weight in women delivering in the early summer in Denmark was investigated. Thirty‐six women with normal pregnancy and expected delivery in the first half of June were selected consecutively. They were paired two and two, and allotted to two groups, one of which was supplied daily with 5 mg folic acid, and the second with tablets without folic acid, from the 23rd week of pregnancy. A significant correlation was found between erythrocyte folic acid and birth weight. The infants in the folic acid group were 12.7 per cent heavier than those in the control group ( p < 0.01). A similar difference was found with regard to placental weight and the number of placental cells.