Does Chocolate Intake During Pregnancy Reduce the Risks of Preeclampsia and Gestational Hypertension?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 584-591

  Saftlas, Audrey F ^a   Triche, Elizabeth W ^b   Beydoun, Hind ^a   Bracken, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Gestational Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CACAO; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954294787     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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