Brief Report: Are Autistic-Behaviors in Children Related to Prenatal Vitamin Use and Maternal Whole Blood Folate Concentrations?

Autor/inn/en	Braun, Joseph M.; Froehlich, Tanya; Kalkbrenner, Amy; Pfeiffer, Christine M.; Fazili, Zia; Yolton, Kimberly; Lanphear, Bruce P.
Titel	Brief Report: Are Autistic-Behaviors in Children Related to Prenatal Vitamin Use and Maternal Whole Blood Folate Concentrations?
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 10, S.2602-2607 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-014-2114-x
Schlagwörter	Prenatal Care; Prenatal Influences; Nutrition; Dietetics; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Risk Management; Young Children; Mothers; Correlation; Brain; Neurological Organization; Behavior Problems; At Risk Persons + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pränatale Versorgung; Pränataler Einfluss; Ernährung; Ernährungslehre; Autismus; Risikomanagement; Frühe Kindheit; Mother; Mutter; Korrelation; Gehirn; Risikogruppe
Abstract	Prenatal multivitamin/folic acid supplement use may reduce the risk of autism spectrum disorders. We investigated whether 2nd trimester prenatal vitamin use and maternal whole blood folate (WBF) concentrations were associated with Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) scores at 4-5 years of age in a prospective cohort of 209 mother-child pairs. After confounder adjustment, children born to women taking prenatal vitamins weekly/daily (n = 179) had lower odds of clinically elevated SRS scores (odds ratio 0.26; 95 % confidence interval 0.08, 0.89) than those who rarely/never took them (n = 30). WBF concentrations were not associated with SRS scores. The lack of association between WBF and autistic-behaviors may be due to the timing of biomarker measures relative to critical periods of brain development, confounding, or other modifying factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10