Maternal vitamin B‐6 and folate status and risk of oral cleft birth defects in the Philippines

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Authors

Ronald G. Munger · Utah State University

Howerde E. Sauberlich · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Christopher Corcoran · Utah State University

Buena Nepomuceno · Hope Foundation

Sandra Daack‐Hirsch · University of Iowa

Florentino S. Solon · Nutrition Center of the Philippines

Abstract

Poor maternal vitamin B-6 status was consistently associated with an increased risk of CL/P at two sites in the Philippines. Folate-CL/P associations were inconsistent and may be related to the vitamin B-6 status or other characteristics of the populations under study.

Topics & Keywords

Folate and B Vitamins Research Cleft Lip and Palate Research Fluoride Effects and Removal

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volume 70, Issue 7, pp. 464-471

DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20037

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