Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28302198›Full record

SynthesisZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics2017

[Association between maternal folate supplementation during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder in the offspring: a Meta analysis].

Xiao-Fang Yu, Mei Li, Yan Zheng

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Synthesis in Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. [Association between overweight/obesity in parents and autism spectrum disorders in offspring].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2018
    Article
  4. Article
  5. S-Adenosyl Methionine and Transmethylation Pathways in Neuropsychiatric Diseases Throughout Life.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2018
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao-Fang YuDepartment of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832008, China. qxyqby@126.com.
Mei Li
Yan Zheng
Shihezi University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo quantitatively and comprehensively investigate the association between maternal folate supplementation during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the offspring.

methodsPubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, EBSCO, CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP Database, and Chinese Biomedical Database were searched to collect the articles on maternal folate supplementation during pregnancy and the risk of ASD in children. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to determine the effect size. Stata 12.0 software was used for the Meta analysis. Publication bias evaluation and sensitivity analysis were also performed.

resultsA total of 10 articles were included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, including 15 studies which involved 4 459 cases and 1 225 835 controls. The Meta analysis showed that maternal folate supplementation during pregnancy significantly reduced the risk of ASD in the offspring in the total population (OR=0.798, 95%CI: 0.669-0.952, P=0.012). The subgroup analysis revealed that maternal folate supplementation during pregnancy was associated with a reduced risk of ASD in the offspring in both the Asian population (OR=0.664, 95%CI: 0.428-1.032, P=0.069) and the Western population (OR=0.817, 95%CI: 0.671-0.996, P=0.045).

conclusionsMaternal folate supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the risk of ASD in the offspring, especially in the Western population.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsAutism Spectrum DisorderFemaleFolic AcidHumansPregnancyRiskFolic Acid

Identifiers

PMID28302198
PMCPMC7390139
OpenAlexW2979679392

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