Dietary and lifestyle predictors of folate insufficiency in non-supplemented German women

Low folate status is a risk factor for birth defects. We studied concentrations of red blood cell (RBC)- and serum folate in 198 German women in relation to information on dietary folate intake, demographic and lifestyle factors.

Obeid R, Schön C, Wilhelm M, Pietrzik K, Pilz S

Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2019 May; 70(3):367-376. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2018.1511686. Epub 2018 Sep 7.