Association Between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring in Birth Cohorts From Denmark and Norway

Association Between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring in Birth Cohorts From Denmark and Norway

Background Evidence linking individual‐level maternal folic acid supplementation to offspring risk of congenital heart defects is lacking. We investigated whether folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy reduces offspring risk of heart defects in 2 large birth cohort studies. Methods and Result...

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Main Authors: Nina Øyen, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Saima Basit, Elisabeth Leirgul, Marin Strøm, Lisbeth Carstensen, Charlotta Granström, Grethe S. Tell, Per Magnus, Stein E. Vollset, Jan Wohlfahrt, Mads Melbye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
congenital cardiac defect
folate
MoBa (Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study)
pregnancy
prospective cohort study
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.011615

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