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| Title |
Effect of folate intake on health outcomes in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis on birth weight, placental weight and length of gestation
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| Published in |
Nutrition Journal, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2891-11-75 |
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| Authors |
Katalin Fekete, Cristiana Berti, Monica Trovato, Szimonetta Lohner, Carla Dullemeijer, Olga W Souverein, Irene Cetin, Tamás Decsi |
| Abstract |
The beneficial effect of folic acid supplementation before and shortly after conception is well recognized, whereas the effect of supplementation during the second and third trimesters is controversial and poorly documented. Our aims were to systematically review randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effect of folate supplementation on birth weight, placental weight and length of gestation and to assess the dose-response relationship between folate intake (folic acid plus dietary folate) and health outcomes. The MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library CENTRAL databases were searched from inception to February 2010 for RCTs in which folate intake and health outcomes in pregnancy were investigated. We calculated the overall intake-health regression coefficient (β^) by using random-effects meta-analysis on a log(e)-log(e) scale. Data of 10 studies from 8 RCTs were analyzed. We found significant dose-response relationship between folate intake and birth weight (P=0.001), the overall β^ was 0.03 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.01, 0.05). This relationship indicated 2% increase in birth weight for every two-fold increase in folate intake. In contrast, we did not find any beneficial effect of folate supplementation on placental weight or on length of gestation. There is a paucity of well-conducted RCTs investigating the effect of folate supplementation on health outcomes in pregnancy. The dose-response methodology outlined in the present systematic review may be useful for designing clinical studies on folate supplementation and for developing recommendations for pregnant women. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 22% |
| Kuwait | 1 | 11% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Belgium | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 3 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 215 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 38 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 18 | 8% |
| Researcher | 17 | 8% |
| Other | 34 | 16% |
| Unknown | 54 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 37 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Unknown | 64 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 17 February 2023.
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