ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Dietary Folate Intake and Folic Acid Supplements among Pregnant Women from Southern Italy: Evidence from the "Mamma & Bambino" Cohort.
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- Preconceptional and Periconceptional Folic Acid Supplementation in the Visegrad Group Countries for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Social and Nutritional Profiles of Pregnant Women: A Cluster Analysis on the "MAMI-MED" Cohort.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and telomere length in amniotic fluid: a causal graph analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Fetal growth restriction exhibits various mTOR signaling in different regions of mouse placentas with altered lipid metabolism.Cell biology and toxicology · 2024Article
- Epigenetic Genome Modifications during Pregnancy: The Impact of Essential Nutritional Supplements on DNA Methylation.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Effect of Maternal Dietary Patterns on Birth Weight for Gestational Age: Findings from the MAMI-MED Cohort.Nutrients · 2023Article
- How Wearable Sensors Can Support the Research on Foetal and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Scoping Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Dietary patterns and socioeconomic, demographic, and health-related behaviors during pregnancy. A cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2023Article
- Attitude and Practice of Folic Acid Consumption Among Saudi Pregnant Women at Yanbu City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2022Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns of Pregnant Women: A Comparison between Two Mother-Child Cohorts in Sicily, Italy.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Nutrient intakes and telomere length of cell-free circulating DNA from amniotic fluid: findings from the Mamma & Bambino cohort.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Diet and human reproductive system: Insight of omics approaches.Food science & nutrition · 2022Review
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Abstract
Folate requirement among women who plan to become pregnant should be raised to 600 μg/day during the periconceptional period. To meet this need, several countries began to promote the use of folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy. Here, we investigated prevalence and determinants of dietary folate intake and folic acid supplement use among 397 pregnant women (aged 15-50 years old, median = 37 years old). We also investigated their effects on neonatal outcomes in a subgroup of women who completed pregnancy. For doing that, we used data from the "Mamma & Bambino" project, an ongoing mother-child cohort settled in Catania (Italy). Inadequate folate intake was evaluated using a Food Frequency Questionnaire and defined as an intake < 600 μg/day. Women were also classified as non-users (i.e., women who did not use folic acid supplements), insufficient users (i.e., women who did not take folic acid supplements as recommended), and recommended users of folic acid supplements. Neonatal outcomes of interest were preterm birth (PTB) and small for gestational age (SGA). Nearly 65% of women (
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