Vitamin B12 and Folate Status in Pregnant Females and Their Infants in Norway: Secondary Analysis from the Mommy's Food Study.

"Conflict of interest The authors report no conflicts of interest."

"Funding The Mommy’s Food study was financially supported by The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (http://www.fhf.no/) (grant no. 901038) (to MWM). This work was supported by a grant from Innlandet Hospital Trust (grant no. 150455) (to TAS) The funder had no role in the design of the study, the reporting of the results, or the decision to publish this article. The cod used in the trial was purchased, after tender, from Lerøy A/S, Bergen, Norway."

"Conclusions: Subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency among infants was common and associated with maternal vitamin B12 status during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Among the mothers, an increase in biochemical folate deficiency was discovered toward the end of gestation. Further studies are needed to investigate clinical consequences.: This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02610959."