Table 3.

Nutritional assessment

	Standard assessment (covered by NISDI/RIZIV)	Additional study assessment (not covered by NISDI – study budget)
Obesity clinic	*haematology (haemoglobin, haematocrit and red blood cell count: mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration) *coagulation (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time) *total protein, albumin *vitamin B-12, folate serum *25-hydroxy vitamin D *iron, transferrin, tranferrin saturation, ferritin *calcium, zinc *glucose metabolism (glucose)	*folate red blood cells *vitamin A, E, B-1, magnesium
Obstetrics and gynaecology	*haematology (haemoglobin, haematocrit and red blood cell count: mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration) *coagulation (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time) *total protein, albumin *vitamin B-12, folate serum and red blood cells *iron, transferrin, tranferrin saturation, ferritin *calcium, zinc, magnesium *glucose metabolism (glucose)	*coagulation factors, vitamin K1 *vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B-1 *25-hydroxy vitamin D
Veneus cord blood		*haematology (haemoglobin, haematocrit and red blood cell count: mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration) *coagulation (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, vitamin K1) *vitamin B-12 and folate serum and red blood cells *vitamin A and 25-hydroxy vitamin D

Abbreviations: NISDI/RIZIV National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance/Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering