title: Homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B12 concentration in patients with recurrent miscarriages.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the project was the assessment of clinical usefulness of the determination of blood serum homocysteine concentration, folic acid and vitamin B12 in recurrent miscarriages.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 non-pregnant women with recurrent miscarriages (examined group-I) and for 20 non-pregnant women without obstetric failures in medical history (control group-II) were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the examined group (group I), the average concentration of homocysteine (9,45 micromol/l) was not statistically higher in comparison to the control group (group II) (8,47 micromol/l) (p>0,05). In group I the average vitamin B12 concentration in blood serum was 178,3 pg/ml and it was statistically lower (p<0,001) in comparison with the control group (II) (268,6 pg/ml). Such a relation was not observed for the vitamin B12, where the average concentration of this parameter was not dependent on the miscarriage number. A high negative correlation (R= -0,5397, p<0,01) was observed between the level of folic acid and homocysteine concentration in the group of women with recurrent miscarriages and a very high negative correlation (r = -0,9586 p<0,001) in the control group. No relation (R=0,0992 p>0,05) between the average concentration of vitamin B12 in blood serum and the average homocysteine in the nullipara group with recurrent miscarriages
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Together with the increasing number of abortions, the average homocysteine concentrations grew and the average folic acid concentrations lowered.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Silesian Medical University, ul. Medyków 14, 40-752 Katowice, Poland. jerzy_sikora@poczta.onet.pl
authors: Jerzy
authors: J
authors: Sikora
authors: Jacek
authors: J
authors: Magnucki
authors: Jerzy
authors: J
authors: Zietek
authors: Lucyna
authors: L
authors: Kobielska
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Partyka
authors: Danuta
authors: D
authors: Kokocinska
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Białas
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006710:Homocysteine; D005492:Folic Acid; D014805:Vitamin B 12