chds and the environment

Birth Defect Research for Children (www.birthdefects.org) has started a new network for heart defect support groups and families who have children with Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs). to provide information about the latest research on the connections between CHDs and environmental exposures. Briefs for new studies will be posted on this site each month. Families and support groups for CHDs are also invited to post their comments.

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

chds and the environment

chds and the environmentMaternal Obesity and Infant Heart Defects In a Swedish case-control study of 6,801 women who had infants with CHDs, a positive association was found between maternal obesity in early pregnancy and congenital heart defects in the offspring. The association between maternal obesity and VSDs (ventricular septal defects) and ASDs (atrial septal defects) reached statistical significance. A suggested explanation is undetected type 2 diabetes in early pregnancy, but other explanations may exist.

Obes Res. 2003 Sep;11(9):1065-71.Maternal obesity and infant heart defects.Cedergren MI, Kallen BA.Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden. marie.cedergren@lio.se



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