Dietary Patterns and Human Reproduction
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Part 1 of the thesis focuses on dietary patterns and fatty acid intake in couples undergoing IVF/ICSI \\nfertility treatment. The studies described in Chapter 2, 3 and 4 are based on the FOod Lifestyle and \\nFertility Outcome study (FOLFO), a prospective cohort study examining the influence of preconception \\nlifestyle exposures in subfertile couples on fertility parameters and pregnancy outcome. This study \\nwas conducted between 2004 and 2007 in the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the \\nNetherlands.24 \\nPart 2 focuses on the role of the maternal dietary patterns periconception as a risk factor for congenital \\nmalformations in the offspring. The studies on risk factors for spina bifida (Chapter 5) and orofacial \\ncleft (Chapter 7) offspring were conducted in a nationwide large-scale case-control triad study carried \\nout between 1998 and 2004 at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre.25, 26 The findings on \\nassociations with congenital heart malformations in Chapter 6 are based on the HAVEN study (Hart Afwijkingen, Vasculaire status, Erfelijkheid en Nutri\\xc3\\xabnten).7 The HAVEN study is an ongoing case-control \\ntriad study conducted in the Western part of the Netherlands. The study emphasizes nutrition, lifestyle \\nand genes in the pathogenesis and prevention of congenital heart malformations and children and \\nboth parents were included. Data collected between March 2004 and August 2008 were used for \\nanalysis. \\nFinally, Chapter 8 provides a general discussion of the thesis, a summary of the key findings, reflections \\non the strengths and limitations of the applied methods, implication for clinical practice and \\npublic health, and suggestions for future research.
Author: Marijana Vujković
Language: English
Topic: Nutritional Studies and Diet
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1668748818