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- Title
Folic Acid Supplementation and Spontaneous Preterm Birth: Adding Grist to the Mill?
- Authors
Callaway, Leonie; Colditz, Paul B.; Fisk, Nicholas M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the study "Preconceptional folate supplementation and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth: A cohort study." It states that the authors of the study described the association of additional voluntary folic acid and reduction in very preterm births. It indicates that the study is based on huge dataset such the recording of dietary supplements and potential cofounders, and the determination of gestational age on first trimester ultrasound.
- Subjects
DIETARY supplements; VITAMIN B complex; FOLIC acid; PREMATURE labor; GESTATIONAL age
- Publication
PLoS Medicine, 2009, Vol 6, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1549-1277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1000077