Effects of hyperinsulinemia and obesity on risk of neural tube defects among Mexican Americans

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 630-635

  Hendricks, Kate A ^a   Nuno, Olga M ^a   Suarez, Lucina ^b   Larsen, Russell ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b Office of the Associate Commissioner for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Diabetes mellitus; Hyperinsulinemia; Mexican Americans; Neural tube defects; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENCEPHALOCELE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEXICO; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; TEXAS;

EID: 0035214757     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200111000-00009     Document Type: Article

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