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| Title |
Folic acid supplementation in pregnancy and implications in health and disease
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Biomedical Science, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12929-014-0077-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Subit Barua, Salomon Kuizon, Mohammed A Junaid |
| Abstract |
Maternal exposure to dietary factors during pregnancy can influence embryonic development and may modulate the phenotype of offspring through epigenetic programming. Folate is critical for nucleotide synthesis, and preconceptional intake of dietary folic acid (FA) is credited with reduced incidences of neural tube defects in infants. While fortification of grains with FA resulted in a positive public-health outcome, concern has been raised for the need for further investigation of unintended consequences and potential health hazards arising from excessive FA intakes, especially following reports that FA may exert epigenetic effects. The objective of this article is to discuss the role of FA in human health and to review the benefits, concerns and epigenetic effects of maternal FA on the basis of recent findings that are important to design future studies. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 1 | 33% |
| France | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 304 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 297 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 53 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 47 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 9% |
| Researcher | 24 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 54 | 18% |
| Unknown | 84 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 74 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 35 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 29 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 25 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 40 | 13% |
| Unknown | 93 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 January 2023.
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#6,495,686
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Biomedical Science
#269
of 1,101 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#58,405
of 247,166 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Biomedical Science
#5
of 16 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,373,627 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,101 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 16 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% of its contemporaries.