Association of a Mediterranean Diet Pattern With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among US Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Mediterranean diet pattern is inversely associated with the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, including metabolic diseases and cardiovascular disease, but there are limited data on its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) among US women.

Objective

To evaluate whether concordance to a Mediterranean diet pattern around the time of conception is associated with lower risk of developing any APO and individual APOs.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective, multicenter, cohort study, the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be, enrolled 10 038 women between October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2013, with a final analytic sample of 7798 racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse women with singleton

SUBMITTER: Makarem N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857221 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature