Blood folic acid and vitamin B12 in relation to neural tube defects

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
N J WaldN A Sourial

Abstract

To determine the relation between blood folic acid and serum vitamin B12 in neural tube defect pregnancies using data from the MRC Vitamin Study and a literature review of all studies. Stored blood samples collected as part of a randomised trial of vitamin supplementation in the prevention of neural tube defects were retrieved from affected pregnancies (cases) and unaffected pregnancies (controls). Four controls were matched with each case by centre, maternal age and duration of storage of the blood sample. The samples had been collected from women at entry to the trial, immediately before the women became pregnant, and at around 12 weeks of pregnancy. Our results were combined with those already published from other studies to obtain an overall assessment of blood folic acid and vitamin B12 in relation to neural tube defects. Blood samples were collected as part of the MRC Vitamin Study. The collaborating centres were in the United Kingdom, Hungary, Israel, Australia, Canada and Russia. Twenty-seven women with neural tube defect pregnancies and 108 matched controls with unaffected pregnancies. Serum and red cell folic acid and serum vitamin B12 levels were lower in the cases than in controls at each of the three occasions when...Continue Reading

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