Assessment of Folic Acid Supplementation in Pregnant Women by Estimation of Serum Levels of Tetrahydrofolic Acid, Dihydrofolate Reductase, and Homocysteine

Table 2

Serum levels of homocysteine, tetrahydrofolate, and dihydrofolate reductase in pregnant women ().

Biochemical parameters assessed	Pregnant women with folic acid supplementation ()	Pregnant women without folic acid supplementation ()	values
Serum homocysteine levels (micromol/L)	11.05 ± 3.773	11.03 ± 3.989	0.981
Serum tetrahydrofolate levels (nmol/L)	0.99 ± 1.44	1.10 ± 1.50	0.790
Serum dihydrofolate reductase levels (pg/mL)	1261.87 ± 489.17	1298.08 ± 755.69	0.849