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Table 1 Distribution of biological makers of folate metabolism in cases and controls

From: Association of neural tube defects with maternal alterations and genetic polymorphisms in one-carbon metabolic pathway

 

Case(n = 61)

Control(n = 61)

t values

P values

Plasma folate(nM)

7.7 ± 1.7

9.4 ± 1.6

−5.687

< 0.001*

Plasma Hcy(μM)

12.3 ± 3.2

11.3 ± 2.3

1.982

0.050

Plasma SAM(nM)

49.9 ± 3.0

52.8 ± 3.2

−5.164

< 0.001*

Plasma SAH(nM)

12.9 ± 1.7

10.1 ± 1.9

8.578

< 0.001*

SAM/SAH

3.9 ± 0.6

5.4 ± 1.0

−10.046

< 0.001*

  1. Note:*P value< 0.05 indicates that these biological makers showed a significant difference between case and control groups
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

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