Maternal postpartum plasma folate status and preterm birth in a high-risk US population.
Bolanle OlapejuAhmed SaifuddinGuoying WangYuelong JiXiumei HongRamkripa RaghavanAmber SummersAmaris KeiserHongkai JiBarry ZuckermanChristina YarringtonLingxin HaoPamela J SurkanTina L ChengXiaobin WangPublished in: Public health nutrition (2018)
If confirmed by future studies, our findings raise the possibility that optimizing maternal folate levels across pregnancy may help to reduce the risk of PTB among the most vulnerable US population in the post-folic acid fortification era.