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The objective of this study was to assess cardiac autonomic nervous activity in children born to mothers with low vitamin B12 status during pregnancy using heart rate variability (HRV) indices in the frequency domain. Seventy\u2010nine healthy children between 3 and 8 years of age were evaluated from an ongoing birth cohort. The blood sample of the mother had been stored and was analysed for plasma vitamin B12 following enrolment of the child. Subjects were divided, based on the median maternal first trimester vitamin B12 status (114\u2003pmol\u2003L<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>), into lower (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2003=\u200340) and higher (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2003=\u200339) vitamin B12 status groups. A lead II electrocardiogram was recorded in the supine posture and subjected to HRV analysis. 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