Serum Folic Acid Status, Genotyping MTHFR 677C-->T, Plasma Homocysteine, DNA Methylation of IGF2 Gene and Microbiota of the Children: Mother-Children Cohort Study

Serum Folic Acid Status, Genotyping MTHFR 677C-->T of the Mother and Serum Folic Acid Status, DNA Methylation of IGF2 Gene of the Children: East Jakarta Cohort Study

This study is part of the East Jakarta Cohort Study to assess the current micronutrient status of the mothers and their children. The study also includes the assessment of genotyping of MTHFR 677C-->T of the mother and DNA methylation of IGF2 gene of the children.

The initial study recruited 315 mothers in the public health centre and one district hospital in East Jakarta. The follow-up study is able to re-visit the 127 of them. This also includes 127 peers of the subject that lives in the same neighbourhood. The design of the study is case-cohort design, part study of the existing cohort. The assessment of the follow-up study includes the mother and the children born in the initial study. Anthropometric measurement, socioeconomic data from a structured questionnaire, biomarker assessment, blood pressure were obtained from the subjects.

Inclusion Criteria:

• participant in the previous study
• apparently healthy
• data complete
• voluntarily to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• not complete data
• migrate
• refuse to participate in the study