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ArticlePublic health nutrition2017

Organic food consumption during pregnancy and its association with health-related characteristics: the KOALA Birth Cohort Study.

Ana Paula Simões-Wüst, Carolina Moltó-Puigmartí, Eugene Hjm Jansen, Martien Cjm van Dongen, Pieter C Dagnelie, Carel Thijs

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Article in Public health nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ana Paula Simões-Wüst1Research Department,Clinic Arlesheim,Arlesheim,Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4489-0952
Carolina Moltó-Puigmartí3Maastricht University,Department of Epidemiology,CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care,Maastricht,The Netherlands.
Eugene Hjm Jansen4Centre for Health Protection,National Institute for Public Health and the Environment,Bilthoven,The Netherlands.
Martien Cjm van Dongen3Maastricht University,Department of Epidemiology,CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care,Maastricht,The Netherlands.
Pieter C Dagnelie3Maastricht University,Department of Epidemiology,CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care,Maastricht,The Netherlands.
Carel Thijs3Maastricht University,Department of Epidemiology,CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care,Maastricht,The Netherlands.
Maastricht University · NLNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLThe Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the associations of organic food consumption with maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, hypertension and diabetes in pregnancy, and several blood biomarkers of pregnant women.

designProspective cohort study.

settingPregnant women were recruited at midwives' practices and through channels related to consumption of food from organic origin. SUBJECTS: Pregnant women who filled in FFQ and donated a blood sample (n 1339). Participant groups were defined based on the share of consumed organic products; to discriminate between effects of food origin and food patterns, healthy diet indicators were considered in some statistical models.

resultsConsumption of organic food was associated with a more favourable pre-pregnancy BMI and lower prevalence of gestational diabetes. Compared with participants consuming no organic food (reference group), a marker of dairy products intake (pentadecanoic acid) and trans-fatty acids from natural origin (vaccenic and rumenic acids) were higher among participants consuming organic food (organic groups), whereas elaidic acid, a marker of the intake of trans-fatty acids found in industrially hydrogenated fats, was lower. Plasma levels of homocysteine and 25-hydroxyvitamin D were lower in the organic groups than in the reference group. Differences in pentadecanoic acid, vaccenic acid and vitamin D retained statistical significance when correcting for indicators of the healthy diet pattern associated with the consumption of organic food.

conclusionsConsumption of organic food during pregnancy is associated with several health-related characteristics and blood biomarkers. Part of the observed associations is explained by food patterns accompanying the consumption of organic food.

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Diet, HealthyFood, OrganicBiomarkersBody Mass IndexDairy ProductsFatty AcidsFemaleFruitHomocysteineHumansLinoleic Acids, ConjugatedMeatMicronutrientsNetherlandsOleic AcidOleic Acids11-octadecenoic acid25-hydroxyvitamin D9,11-linoleic acidBiomarkerselaidic acidFatty AcidsHomocysteineLinoleic Acids, ConjugatedMicronutrientsOleic AcidOleic Acidspentadecanoic acidTrans Fatty AcidsVitamin DBody weight regulationFolateFood and nutrient intakeOrganic foodPregnancy and nutritionTrans-fatty acids

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