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

Martino, JoleSegura, Maria TeresaGarcía-Valdés, LuzPadilla, M CRueda, RicardoMcArdle, Harry JBudge, HelenSymonds, Michael ECampoy, Cristina2023-01-252023-01-252018-11-13http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13188Dietary 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 ≤ BMIenAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/body mass indexfolic acidgestational diabetesplacentaBiomarkersBody WeightDiabetes, GestationalFemaleFolic AcidHumansPlacentaPregnancyThe Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes on Markers of Folate Metabolism in the Placenta.research article30428605open access10.3390/nu101117502072-6643PMC6266824https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/11/1750/pdf?version=1542113398https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266824/pdf