Maternal Vitamin D, Folate, and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Status and Bacterial Vaginosis during Pregnancy

• Main Authors: Anne L. Dunlop (Author), Robert N. Taylor (Author), Vin Tangpricha (Author), Stephen Fortunato (Author), Ramkumar Menon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To investigate associations among serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-D), folate, omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio and bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy. Methods. Biospecimens and data were derived from a random sample (N=160) of women from the Nashville Birth Cohort. We compared me...