Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy: Impact on Attention and Social Withdrawal

Mothers are instructed to take the capsules twice a day, five 450 mg phosphatidylcholine capsules at breakfast and five phosphatidylcholine 450 mg capsules at dinner. Increased awareness into the benefits of choline by obstetricians and pregnant women, as well as our recently published results from an observational study showing a wide distribution of serum choline concentrations in pregnant women, suggest that serum choline concentration is a more apt independent variable for analyses.

Mothers are instructed to take the capsules twice a day, five placebo corn oil capsules at breakfast and five placebo corn oil capsules at dinner. Increased awareness into the benefits of choline by obstetricians and pregnant women, as well as our recently published results from an observational study showing a wide distribution of serum choline concentrations in pregnant women, suggest that serum choline concentration is a more apt independent variable for analyses.