Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of child bearing group (female 19 to 39 years) from NDNS and pregnant women from Saudi population
| NDNS | Saudi cohort | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | B 12 (ng/L) | Total | Maternal B 12 (ng/L) | |||
| n = 315 | >190 ( n = 278) | ≤190 ( n = 37) | n = 152 | >190 ( n = 84) | ≤190 ( n = 68) | |
| Age (years) | 31.2 ± 0.32 | 31.7 ± 0.34 | 30.5 ± 0.94 | 28.6 ± 0.43 | 28.5 ± 0.59 | 28.5 ± 0.62 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.3 ± 0.29 | 25.2 ± 0.30 | 26.3 ± 1.0 | 26.75 ± 0.43 | 26.0 ± 0.55 | 27.8 ± 0.66* |
| WHR | 0.77 ± 0.003 | 0.77 ± 0.003 | 0.79 ± 0.01 | - | - | - |
| Total-C (mmol/L) | 4.84 ± 0.06 | 4.79 ± 0.06 | 5.20 ± 0.21* | 5.98 ± 0.09 | 5.80 ± 0.12 | 6.20 ± 0.15* |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 3.58 ± 0.06 | 3.52 ± 0.06 | 4.01 ± 0.21** | 3.02 ± 0.14 | 2.99 ± 0.18 | 3.14 ± 0.21 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.26 ± 0.02 | 1.27 ± 0.02 | 1.19 ± 0.06 | 1.25 ± 0.03 | 1.25 ± 0.04 | 1.24 ± 0.04 |
| Total-C:HDL ratio | 4.11 ± 0.08 | 4.03 ± 0.08 | 4.70 ± 0.26** | 5.11 ± 0.14 | 4.99 ± 0.18 | 5.29 ± 0.22 |
| TG (mmol/L) | - | - | - | 1.77 ± 0.05 | 1.64 ± 0.06 | 1.93 ± 0.07** |
| Folate (μg/L) | 9.24 ± 0.21 | 9.35 ± 0.23 | 8.46 ± 0.51 | 10.4 ± 0.34 | 10.4 ± 0.49 | 10.5 ± 0.46 |
| Homocysteine (μmol/L) | 9.98 ± 0.21 | 9.78 ± 0.21 | 11.53 ± 0.65** | 4.74 ± 0.13 | 4.45 ± 0.17 | 5.11 ± 0.21* |
P value compared to B12 (>190 ng/L) group; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. Continuous variables are mean ± SEM.