Relationships of maternal folate and vitamin B12 status during pregnancy with perinatal depression: The GUSTO study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-116

  Chong, Mary F F ^a,b   Wong, Jocelyn X Y ^a   Colega, Marjorelee ^a   Chen, Ling Wei ^b   van Dam, Rob M ^b   Tan, Chuen Seng ^b   Lim, Ai Lin ^a   Cai, Shirong ^b   Broekman, Birit F P ^a,b   Lee, Yung Seng ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Kwek, Kenneth ^c,g   Godfrey, Keith M ^d,e   Chong, Yap Seng ^a,b   Gluckman, Peter ^a,f   Meaney, Michael J ^a,g   Chen, Helen ^c,h   Agarwal, Pratibha ⁱ   Biswas, Arijit ⁱ   Bong, Choon Looi ⁱ   Yen Chan, Jerry Kok ⁱ   Chan, Yiong Huak ⁱ   Chee, Cornelia Yin Ing ⁱ   Cheung, Yin Bun ⁱ   Chia, Audrey ⁱ   Chinnadurai, Amutha ⁱ   Chng, Chai Kiat ⁱ   Chong, Shang Chee ⁱ   Chua, Mei Chien ⁱ   Ding, Chun Ming ⁱ   Finkelstein, Eric Andrew ⁱ   Fok, Doris ⁱ   Fortier, Marielle ⁱ   Goh, Anne Eng Neo ⁱ   Goh, Yam Thiam Daniel ⁱ   Gooley, Joshua J ⁱ   Han, Wee Meng ⁱ   Hanson, Mark ⁱ   Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar ⁱ   Holbrook, Joanna D ⁱ   Hsu, Chin Ying ⁱ   Inskip, Hazel ⁱ   Kapur, Jeevesh ⁱ   Yee Man Lau, Ivy ⁱ   Lee, Bee Wah ⁱ   Lek, Ngee ⁱ   Lim, Sok Bee ⁱ   Low, Yen Ling ⁱ   Magiati, Iliana ⁱ   Daniel, Lourdes Mary ⁱ   Ngo, Cheryl ⁱ   Naiduvaje, Krishnamoorthy ⁱ   Pang, Wei Wei ⁱ   Qiu, Anqi ⁱ   Quah, Boon Long ⁱ   Rajadurai, Victor Samuel ⁱ   Rauff, Mary ⁱ   Rebello, Salome A ⁱ   Richmond, Jenny L ⁱ   Rifkin Graboi, Anne ⁱ   Pei Chi Shek, Lynette ⁱ   Sheppard, Allan ⁱ   Shuter, Borys ⁱ   Singh, Leher ⁱ   Soh, Shu E ⁱ   Stunkel, Walter ⁱ   Su, Lin Lin ⁱ   Tan, Kok Hian ⁱ   Teoh, Oon Hoe ⁱ   Tint, Mya Thway ⁱ   van Bever, Hugo P S ⁱ   Yun Wong, Inez Bik ⁱ   Wong, P C ⁱ   Yap, Fabian ⁱ   Heong Yeo, George Seow ⁱ   more..

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ Duke National University of Singapore ^*

Author keywords

Antenatal depression; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Folate; Postnatal depression; Pregnancy diet; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SINGAPORE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84901451029     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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