Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake and risk of small for gestational age in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the hypothesis that folic acid supplementation and dietary folate intake before conception and during pregnancy reduce the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) and to examine the joint effect of folic acid supplementation and dietary folate intake on the risk of SGA.

Design

Participants were interviewed by trained study interviewers using a standardized and structured questionnaire. Information on birth outcomes and maternal complications was abstracted from medical records and dietary information was collected via a semi-quantitative FFQ before conception and during pregnancy.

Setting

A birth cohort data analysis using the 2010-2012 Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child Care Hospital.

Participants

Women (n 8758) and their children en

SUBMITTER: Guo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200399 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature