Maternal depressive symptoms, serum folate status, and pregnancy outcome: Results of the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 563.e1-563.e7

  Van Dijk, Aimée E ^a,b   Van Eijsden, Manon ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^c   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Depression; Folic acid; Gestational age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952118148     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Barker DJ, Osmond C. Infant mortality, childhood nutrition, and ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales. Lancet 1986;1: 1077-81. (Pubitemid 16106274)
2. Kensara OA, Wootton SA, Phillips DI, Patel M, Jackson AA, Elia M. Fetal programming of body composition: relation between birthweight and body composition measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometricmethods in older Englishmen. Am J Clin Nutr 2005;82: 980-7. (Pubitemid 43779754)
3. Osmond C, Barker DJ, Winter PD, Fall CH, Simmonds SJ. Early growth and death from cardiovascular disease in women. BMJ 1993; 307: 1519-24. (Pubitemid 23357224)
4. Hales CN, Barker DJ. Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: the thrifty phenotype hypothesis. Diabetologia 1992;35: 595-601.
5. Cooper C, Fall C, Egger P, Hobbs R, Eastell R, Barker D. Growth in infancy and bone mass in later life. Ann Rheum Dis 1997;56: 17-21. (Pubitemid 27060567)
6. Barker DJ. Fetal programming of coronary heart disease. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2002; 13: 364-8. (Pubitemid 36723587)
7. Gluckman PD, Hanson MA. Living with the past: evolution, development, and patterns of disease. Science 2004;305: 1733-6. (Pubitemid 39249632)
8. Hobel C, Culhane J. Role of psychosocial and nutritional stress on poor pregnancy outcome. J Nutr 2003;133: 1709S-17S.
9. Copper RL, Goldenberg RL, Das A, et al. The preterm prediction study: maternal stress is associated with spontaneous preterm birth at less than thirty-five weeks' gestation. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996;175: 1286-92. (Pubitemid 26398992)
10. Hedegaard M, Henriksen TB, Secher NJ, Hatch MC, Sabroe S. Do stressful life events affect duration of gestation and risk of preterm delivery? Epidemiology 1996;7: 339-45.
11. Diego MA, Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Schanberg S, Kuhn C, Gonzalez-Quintero VH. Prenatal depression restricts fetal growth. Early Hum Dev 2009;85: 65-70.
12. Wadhwa PD, Federenko IS. Prenatal stress influences human fetal development and birth outcomes: implications for developmental origins of health and disease. In: Hodgson DM, Coe CL, eds. Perinatal programming. Early life determinants of adult health and disease. London and New York: Taylor and Francis; 2006:29-46.
13. Bijl RV, van Zessen G, Ravelli A. [Psychiatric morbidity among adults in The Netherlands: the NEMESIS-Study. II. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders. The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1997;141: 2453-60.
14. Demyttenaere K, Bruffaerts R, Posada-Villa J, et al. Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. JAMA 2004;291: 2581-90.
15. Woods SM, Melville JL, Guo Y, Fan MY, Gavin A. Psychosocial stress during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202: 61-7.
16. Morris MS, Fava M, Jacques PF, Selhub J, Rosenberg IH. Depression and folate status in the US population. Psychother Psychosom 2003;72: 80-7. (Pubitemid 36302476)
17. Leung BM, Kaplan BJ. Perinatal depression: prevalence, risks, and the nutrition link-a review of the literature. J Am Diet Assoc 2009; 109: 1566-75.
18. Baumslag N, Edelstein T, Metz J. Reduction of incidence of prematurity by folic acid supplementationin pregnancy. Br Med J 1970;1: 16-7.
19. Rolschau J, Date J, Kristoffersen K. Folic acid supplement and intrauterine growth. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1979;58: 343-6. (Pubitemid 10205447)
20. Iyengar L, Rajalakshmi K. Effect of folic acid supplement on birth weights of infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1975;122: 332-6.
21. Timmermans S, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Steegers-Theunissen RP, Steegers EA. Periconception folic acid supplementation, fetal growth and the risks of low birth weight and preterm birth: the Generation R Study. Br J Nutr 2009; 102: 777-85.
22. Neggers YH, Goldenberg RL, Tamura T, Cliver SP, Hoffman HJ. The relationship between maternal dietary intake and infant birthweight.Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl 1997;165: 71-5.
23. Goldenberg RL, Tamura T, Cliver SP, Cutter GR, Hoffman HJ, Copper RL. Serum folate and fetal growth retardation: a matter of compliance? Obstet Gynecol 1992;79: 719-22.
24. Scholl TO, Hediger ML, Schall JI, Khoo CS, Fischer RL. Dietary and serum folate: their influence on the outcome of pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr 1996;63: 520-5. (Pubitemid 26099244)
25. Radloff LS. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psychol Measurement 1977; 1: 385-401.
26. Chung EK, Mathew L, Elo IT, Coyne JC, Culhane JF. Depressive symptoms in disadvantaged women receiving prenatal care: the influence of adverse and positive childhood experiences. Ambul Pediatr 2008;8: 109-16. (Pubitemid 351391717)
27. Spijker J, van der Wurff FB, Poort EC, Smits CH, Verhoeff AP, Beekman AT. Depression in first generation labour migrants in Western Europe: the utility of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2004;19: 538-44. (Pubitemid 38878002)
28. van Eijsden M, van der Wal MF, Hornstra G, Bonsel GJ. Can whole-blood samples be stored over 24 hours without compromising stability of C-reactive protein, retinol, ferritin, folic acid, and fatty acids in epidemiological research? Clin Chem 2005;51: 230-2. (Pubitemid 40024042)
29. Owen WE, Roberts WL. Comparison of five automated serum and whole blood folate assays. Am J Clin Pathol 2003;120: 121-6. (Pubitemid 37046379)
30. Milman N, Byg KE, Hvas AM, Bergholt T, Eriksen L. Erythrocyte folate, plasma folate and plasma homocysteine during normal pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal study comprising 404 Danish women. Eur J Haematol 2006;76: 200-5.
31. Goedhart G, van Eijsden M, van der Wal MF, Bonsel GJ. Ethnic differences in preterm birth and its subtypes: the effect of a cumulative risk profile. BJOG 2008;115: 710-9. (Pubitemid 351514570)
32. Allison PD. Multiple imputation: basics. In: Laughton CD, Carr E, Santoyo D, eds. Missing data. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 2001: 27-41.
33. Brown MA, Lindheimer MD, de Swiet M, Van Asche A, Moutquin JM. The classification and diagnosis of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: statement from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP). Hypertens Pregnancy 2001; 20: IX-XIV. (Pubitemid 32672922)
34. Galloway M, Rushworth L. Red cell or serum folate? Results from the National Pathology Alliance benchmarking review. J Clin Pathol 2003;56: 924-6. (Pubitemid 37533235)
35. Kabir K, Sheeder J, Stevens-Simon C. Depression, weight gain, and low birth weight adolescent delivery: do somatic symptoms strengthen or weaken the relationship? J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2008;21: 335-42.
36. Seckl JR, Holmes MC. Mechanisms of disease: glucocorticoids, their placental metabolism and fetal 'programming' of adult pathophysiology. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab 2007;3: 479-88. (Pubitemid 46808745)
37. Dole N, Savitz DA, Hertz-Picciotto I, Siega-Riz AM, McMahon MJ, Buekens P. Maternal stress and preterm birth. Am J Epidemiol 2003;157: 14-24. (Pubitemid 36043732)
38. Evans J, Heron J, Patel RR, Wiles N. Depressive symptoms during pregnancy and low birth weight at term: longitudinal study. Br J Psychiatry 2007;191: 84-5. (Pubitemid 47035187)
39. Andersson L, Sundstrom-Poromaa I, Wulff M, Astrom M, Bixo M. Neonatal outcome following maternal antenatal depression and anxiety: a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol 2004;159: 872-81. (Pubitemid 38657489)
40. Hedegaard M, Henriksen TB, Sabroe S, Secher NJ. The relationship between psychological distress during pregnancy and birth weight for gestational age. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1996;75: 32-9. (Pubitemid 26030043)
41. Baumslag N, Edelstein T, Metz J. Reduction of incidence of prematurity by folic acid supplementation in pregnancy. Br Med J 1970;1: 16-7.
42. Painter RC, Roseboom TJ, Bleker OP. Prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine and disease in later life: an overview. Reprod Toxicol 2005;20: 345-52. (Pubitemid 40949554)