Maternal dietary diversity during pregnancy and congenital heart defects: a case-control study

Background/objectives Maternal diet is critical to fetal development. This study aimed to explore the association between maternal dietary diversity during pregnancy and congenital heart defects (CHD) in Chinese population. Methods A hospital-based case-control study was conducted including 474 case...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of clinical nutrition 2021-02, Vol.75 (2), p.355-363
Hauptverfasser:	Yang, Jiaomei, Cheng, Yue, Zeng, Lingxia, Dang, Shaonong, Yan, Hong
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/700/2814 692/700/459/1748 Case studies Clinical Nutrition Congenital heart disease Defects Diet Epidemiology Fetuses Food Food and nutrition Food groups Health aspects Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Nutrition & Dietetics Offspring Pregnancy Pregnant women Prenatal influences Public Health Regression analysis Regression models Risk factors Risk reduction Science & Technology Ventricle
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Zusammenfassung:	Background/objectives Maternal diet is critical to fetal development. This study aimed to explore the association between maternal dietary diversity during pregnancy and congenital heart defects (CHD) in Chinese population. Methods A hospital-based case-control study was conducted including 474 cases and 948 controls in Northwest China. We recruited eligible women waiting for delivery in the hospital and gathered their diets during the whole pregnancy by a validated food frequency questionnaire. According to the FAO Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) guideline, the participants were categorized into “inadequate dietary diversity score (DDS)” (DDS
ISSN:	0954-3007 1476-5640
DOI:	10.1038/s41430-020-0617-4