Maternal dietary intake of folate, vitamin B12 and MTHFR 677C>T genotype: their impact on newborn’s anthropometric parameters

Table 3 Infant anthropometric parameters at birth (mean ± SD) according to maternal dietary intake of folate and vitamin B₁₂

Infant anthropometrics parameters at birth	Folate intake (μg/d)				Vitamin B₁₂ intake (μg/d)
	First trimester		Third trimester		First trimester		Third trimester
	< 400 n = 144	≥ 400 n = 87	< 400 n = 147	≥ 400 n = 84	<2.0 n = 43	≥2.0 n = 188	<2.0 n = 44	≥2.0 n = 187
Weight (kg)	3.22 ± 0.47	3.20 ± 0.44	3.17* ± 0.46	3.29 ± 0.44	3.12 ± 0.41	3.23 ± 0.47	3.11 ± 0.42	3.24 ± 0.47
Length (cm)	50.27 ± 2.36	50.50 ± 2.41	50.32 ± 2.35	50.43 ± 2.45	49.62 ± 2.58*	50.53 ± 2.31	49.99 ± 2.46	50.45 ± 2.36
BMI	12.80 ± 1.80	12.55 ± 1.51	12.57 ± 1.77	12.94 ± 1.54	12.77 ± 2.12	12.69 ± 1.59	12.52 ± 1.92	12.75 ± 1.64
Z-Score at birth
Weight-for-age	0.21 ± 0.96	0.26 ± 0.94	0.31 ± 0.96*	0.06 ± 0.93	0.38 ± 0.88	0.18 ± 0.97	0.40 ± 0.93	0.18 ± 0.96
Length-for-age	0.35 ± 1.19	0.48 ± 1.27	0.37 ± 1.19	0.45 ± 1.28	0.07 ± 1.36*	0.48 ± 1.18	0.27 ± 1.30	0.43 ± 1.21
BMI-for-age	−0.58 ± 1.46	−0.77 ± 1.31	−0.77 ± 1.48*	−0.44 ± 1.24	−0.64 ± 1.64	−0.65 ± 1.36	−0.83 ± 1.50	−0.61 ± 1.39
Weight-for-length	−0.79 ± 1.66	−0.99 ± 1.58	−0.97 ± 1.71	−0.69 ± 1.47	−0.91 ± 1.70	−0.86 ± 1.62	−1.09 ± 1.55	−0.82 ± 1.65

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