High-Dose Folic Acid Supplement Use From Prepregnancy Through Midpregnancy Is Associated With Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study

Qian Li; Yu Zhang; Li Huang; Chunrong Zhong; Renjuan Chen; Xuezhen Zhou; Xi Chen; Xiating Li; Wenli Cui; Ting Xiong; Qin Gao; Shangzhi Xu; Yuanjue Wu; Xiaoyi Wang; Guofu Zhang; Xu Zhang; Lixia Lin; Duan Gao; Mei Xiao; Guoping Xiong; Hongying Yang; Nianlan Yang; Xuefeng Yang; Liping Hao; Zhichun Jin; Nianhong Yang

doi:10.2337/dc18-2572

High-Dose Folic Acid Supplement Use From Prepregnancy Through Midpregnancy Is Associated With Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study

Diabetes Care. 2019 Jul;42(7):e113-e115. doi: 10.2337/dc18-2572. Epub 2019 May 10.

Authors

Qian Li^{1

2}, Yu Zhang^{1

2}, Li Huang^{1

2}, Chunrong Zhong^{1

2}, Renjuan Chen^{1

2}, Xuezhen Zhou^{1

2}, Xi Chen^{1

2}, Xiating Li^{1

2}, Wenli Cui^{1

2}, Ting Xiong^{1

2}, Qin Gao^{1

2}, Shangzhi Xu^{1

2}, Yuanjue Wu^{1

2}, Xiaoyi Wang^{1

2}, Guofu Zhang^{1

2}, Xu Zhang^{1

2}, Lixia Lin^{1

2}, Duan Gao^{1

2}, Mei Xiao³, Guoping Xiong⁴, Hongying Yang⁵, Nianlan Yang⁶, Xuefeng Yang^{7

2}, Liping Hao^{1

2}, Zhichun Jin⁸, Nianhong Yang^{7

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
² Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁵ Institute of Health Education, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Provincial Academy of Preventive Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China [email protected].
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA [email protected].
⁷ Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China [email protected].
⁸ Department of Integrated Traditional & Western Medicine, Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

PMID: 31076420
DOI: 10.2337/dc18-2572

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