Table 3

 Laboratory data of mothers

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Values in parentheses represent age matched controls.
MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MMA, methylmalonic acid; GAA, guanidinoacetate; MTHFR, methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase gene.
Erythrocytes ((4–11) × 106)3.95.04.03.84.3
MCV (80–93 fl)95.483.5916488.9
Haemoglobin (120–160 g/l)12213213571122
Vitamin B12 (180–914 pg/ml)982121457523292102
Homocysteine (<14 μmol/l)37.831.216223.7
MMA (<25 μmol/mmol creatine)1.7178197
GAA (1.21–4.33 μmol/l)1.691.552.0
MTHFR mutation