Maternal Obesity and Pre-Pregnancy Folic Acid Supplementation

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this nested cohort study was to compare the rate of pre-pregnancy supplementation in obese women with that of women with a normal BMI. METHODS: Pregnant women were enrolled at their convenience in a large university hospital. Weight and height were measured in the first tri...

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Autores principales: Farah, Nadine, Kennedy, Cormac, Turner, Ciara, O'Dwyer, Vicky, Kennelly, Mairead M., Turner, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2013
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23615621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350393
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this nested cohort study was to compare the rate of pre-pregnancy supplementation in obese women with that of women with a normal BMI. METHODS: Pregnant women were enrolled at their convenience in a large university hospital. Weight and height were measured in the first trimester and BMI categorised. RESULTS: Of the 288 women, 35.1% were in the normal, 29.5% in the overweight and 35.4% in the obese BMI categories. Only 45.1% (n = 46) of the obese women took pre-pregnancy folic acid compared with 60.4% (n = 61) of women with a normal BMI (p < 0.03). The lower incidence of folic acid supplementation in obese women was associated with an unplanned pregnancy in 36.3% of women compared with 22.8% in the normal BMI category (p < 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Obese women should take folate supplements whether they are planning to conceive or not.

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