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The Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes on Markers of Folate Metabolism in the Placenta.

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2018-11-13

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Martino, Jole
Segura, Maria Teresa
García-Valdés, Luz
Padilla, M C
Rueda, Ricardo
McArdle, Harry J
Budge, Helen
Symonds, Michael E
Campoy, Cristina

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Dietary methyl donors, including folate, may modify the placenta and size at birth but the influence of maternal body weight has not been widely investigated. We therefore examined whether maternal or fetal folate status, together with indices of placental folate transport, were modulated by either maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI i.e., overweight: 25 ≤ BMI

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Biomarkers
Body Weight
Diabetes, Gestational
Female
Folic Acid
Humans
Placenta
Pregnancy

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body mass index, folic acid, gestational diabetes, placenta

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