Social Inequalities in Prenatal Folic Acid Supplementation: Results from the ELFE Cohort.

ABSTRACT: Most professional and international organizations recommend folic acid supplementation for women planning pregnancy. Various studies have shown high levels of non-compliance with this recommendation. This study aimed to identify sociodemographic characteristics related to this compliance. The analyses were based on 16,809 women from the French nationwide ELFE cohort (Etude Longitudinale Française depuis l'Enfance). Folic acid supplementation was assessed at delivery, and sociodemographic characteristics were collected at two months postpartum. The association between sociodemographic characteristics and compliance with recommendations on folic acid supplementation (no supplementation, periconceptional supplementation, and supplementation only after the periconceptional period) was examined

SUBMITTER: Camier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6566921 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature