Vitamins C and E to Prevent Complications of Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension

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Authors

James M. Roberts · University of Pittsburgh

Leslie Myatt · University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Catherine Y. Spong · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Elizabeth Thom · George Washington University

John C. Hauth · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kenneth J. Leveno · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Gail D. Pearson

Abstract

Vitamin C and E supplementation initiated in the 9th to 16th week of pregnancy in an unselected cohort of low-risk, nulliparous women did not reduce the rate of adverse maternal or perinatal outcomes related to pregnancy-associated hypertension (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00135707).

Topics & Keywords

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Birth, Development, and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue 14, pp. 1282-1291

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0908056

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