The Role of Vitamin B12 and Folate in Habitual Abortion

Objective: Although several pathophysiological mechanisms are defined in the etiology of habitual abortion, stillcauses half of the cases haven’t been clarified yet. It hasbeen reported that folate and vitamin B12 are effective inearly pregnancy complications. In our study, we aimed toreveal the relationship between habitual abortion withfolate and vitamin B12 levels.Materials and Methods: We included our study 124pregnant having habitual abortion history and 242 pregnants without this, a total of 366 patients. Maternal andgestational age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI),gravidity, parity, abortion, and living children count andvitamin B12 and folate levels of these pregnants were evaluated retrospectively.Results: The ages, gravidity, and abortion counts of thestudy group were significantly higher than the controlgroup (p0.05) between groups, the BMI measurements, living children count, and of the study groupwere significantly lower than the control group (p0,05), çalışma grubunun VKİ ölçümleri ve yaşayan çocuk sayısı kontrol grubundan anlamlı olarak düşük bulunmuştur (p