Open AccessMaternal Supplementation with Folic Acid and Other Vitamins and Risk of Leukemia in Offspring
Author(s) -
Catherine Metayer,
Elizabeth Milne,
John D. Dockerty,
Jacqueline Clavel,
Maria S. PombodeOliveira,
Catharina Wesseling,
Logan G. Spector,
Joachim Schüz,
Eleni Petridou,
Sameera Ezzat,
Bruce K. Armstrong,
Jérémie Rudant,
Sérgio Koifman,
Peter Kaatsch,
Maria Moschovi,
Wafaa M. Rashed,
Steve Selvin,
Kathryn McCauley,
Rayjean J. Hung,
Alice Y. Kang,
Claire InfanteRivard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000000141
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pregnancy , childhood leukemia , offspring , confidence interval , prenatal care , pediatrics , vitamin , leukemia , case control study , myeloid leukemia , folic acid , obstetrics , lymphoblastic leukemia , population , environmental health , biology , genetics
Maternal prenatal supplementation with folic acid and other vitamins has been inconsistently associated with a reduced risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Little is known regarding the association with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a rarer subtype.