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Lowered weight gain during pregnancy and risk of neural tube defects among offspring

Author(s) -

Gary M. Shaw,

Karen Todoroff,

Suzan L. Carmichael,

Donna Schaffer,

Steve Selvin

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.1.60

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , offspring , obstetrics , multivitamin , population , odds ratio , weight gain , gestation , neural tube defect , gynecology , fetus , vitamin , endocrinology , environmental health , biology , genetics , body weight

Maternal nutritional factors have been implicated in the complex aetiology of neural tube defects (NTD). We investigated whether the amount of weight a woman gained during pregnancy was associated with her risk of delivering an infant with an NTD.

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