Micronutrient Gaps and Supplement Use in a Diverse Cohort of Pregnant Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Micronutrition in pregnancy is critical to impact not only fetal growth and development but also long-term physical and psychiatric health outcomes.

Objective

Estimate micronutrient intake from food and dietary supplements in a diverse cohort of pregnant women and compare intake to the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).

Design

Secondary analysis of women enrolled in a multi-site clinical trial of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation who provided their dietary intake using the diet history questionnaire-II (n = 843) or multiple 24 h recalls (n = 178) at baseline and their intake of nutritional supplements at baseline through 30 days postpartum.

Participants/setting

1021 participants from the parent trial who had reliable data for di

SUBMITTER: Crawford SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10383608 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature