Author Interviews, OBGYNE, PLoS / 21.02.2014
Many Pregnant Women Have Not Taken Folic Acid to Reduce Neural Tube Defects
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Prof. Nicholas J. Wald
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Prof Wald: The percentage of women who become pregnant without having taken folic acid supplements to reduce the risk of a neural tube defect declined from a relatively low proportion (35%) to an even lower one (31%) between 1999 and 2012.
Moreover such use of folic acid in some groups of the population is much lower for example 17% in Afro-Caribbean women and 6% in women aged under 20.
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