Effect of folic acid supplementation in adolescent

Elevated levels of plasma total homocysteine ​​(tyHcy) and inadequate folate status is particularly vulnerable to the teenagers. Folate status and homocysteine ​​metabolism related to cognitive function, but the relationship between folate status and homocysteine ​​metabolism in terms of academic achievement by teenage children have not been investigated previously.

With a background like the one above problems, a study conducted to assess whether there is a link between academic achievement in adolescents with elevated total plasma homocysteine, folate intake in dier, MTHFR 677 TT homozygosity and socioeconomic status. Research conducted by Nilsson TK., And team and published in the journal Pediatrics, involved 386 children in Swedish adolescents aged 15 years. Teenagers