Multivitamins Lower Birth Defects
Clinical Study Title:
Occurrence of omphalocele in relation to maternal multivitamin use:
a population-based study.
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This
study looked at the relation between a pregnant mother’s
use of a daily multivitamin and the occurrence of
a birth anomaly in the wall of the abdomen called
omphalocele. This birth defect can sometimes occur
with neural tube defects, something that regular multivitamin
use is able to protect against. Comparisons were made
about the use of a multivitamin by women both before
and after pregnancy were made with other mothers of
babies without birth defects. Analysis showed that
mothers who used a multivitamin prior to becoming
pregnant were associated with reduction of omphalocele
in addition to the neural tube defects. This suggests
that maintaining good health and taking a daily multivitamin prior to becoming pregnant
as well as during pregnant can also help to reduce
the risks of birth defects. |
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Authors:
Botto LD. Mulinare J. Erickson JD.
Institution:
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341,
USA.
Country of Publication:
United States
Source:
Pediatrics. 109(5):904-8, 2002 May.
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