Birth Defects

Spina Bifida Linked to Obese Mothers, Other Biological Factors

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 6th, 2000

Scientists recently confirmed the association between spina bifida risk and obese mothers. After assessing risk for different phenotypes, though, they concluded that other biological factors play a role, as well.

Since obesity among women at the pre-pregnancy stage has been linked to neural tube defects (NTD) and spina bifida in particular, G.M. Shaw and colleagues with the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation in Emeryville, California, conducted a study to determine the degree of risk for different types of spina bifida due to obesity and other factors ("Spina bifida phenotypes in infants or fetuses of obese mothers," Teratology, 2000;61(5):376-381).

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