ArticleAmerican journal of public health2018
Folate Nutrition Status in Mothers of the Boston Birth Cohort, Sample of a US Urban Low-Income Population.
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- The association between serum folate and gestational diabetes mellitus: a large retrospective cohort study in Chinese population.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- In-utero co-exposure to toxic metals and micronutrients on childhood risk of overweight or obesity: new insight on micronutrients counteracting toxic metals.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Observational
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- Periconceptional Folate Supplementation in Women after Bariatric Surgery-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Folic Acid Status and Associated Factors for Pregnant Chinese Women - China, 2015.China CDC weekly · 2021Article
- Folate: Its Biological Interactions and Strategies to Achieve Sufficiency Without Causing Excess.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- A prospective birth cohort study on cord blood folate subtypes and risk of autism spectrum disorder.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Article
- Epigenomics and Early Life Human Humoral Immunity: Novel Paradigms and Research Opportunities.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Maternal postpartum plasma folate status and preterm birth in a high-risk US population.Public health nutrition · 2019Observational
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine maternal folic acid supplementation and plasma folate concentrations in the Boston Birth Cohort, a predominantly urban, low-income, minority population in Boston, Massachusetts.
methodsThis report includes 7612 mothers with singleton live births (3829 Black, 2023 Hispanic, 865 White, and 895 others) enrolled in the Boston Birth Cohort at the Boston Medical Center, during 1999 to 2014. Folic acid supplementation during preconception and each trimester was obtained via interview questionnaire. In a subset (n = 2598), maternal plasma folate concentrations were measured in blood samples drawn within a few days of delivery.
resultsThe percentage of mothers taking folic acid supplementation almost daily during preconception and the first, second, and third trimesters were 4.3%, 55.9%, 59.4%, and 58.0%, respectively. Most striking, we observed a wide range of maternal plasma folate concentrations, with approximately 11% insufficient (< 13.4 nmol/L) and 23% elevated (> 45.3 nmol/L).
conclusionsFindings indicate that fewer than 5% of mothers in the Boston Birth Cohort started folic acid supplements before pregnancy, and approximately one third of mothers had either too low or too high plasma folate levels, which may have important health consequences on both the mother and the child.
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