Assessment of the vitamin b12 status of pregnant women and their infants

Department of Pediatrics, Medicine Hospital, Biruni University İstanbul, Turkey. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine Hospital, Biruni University İstanbul, Turkey. Abstract Aim: Vitamin B12 deficiency is an important problem in pregnancy because it affects not only mothers but also their infants. Although vitamin B12 deficiency is seen all over the world and all age groups, its frequency is much higher in population which has low socio-economic level. The aim of this study was to evaluate the maternal vitamin B12 status and their effect on neonatal vitamin B12 status and to detect risk factors for vitamin B12 deficiency in Bağcılar where is a low socio-economic region in Istanbul.