Reduced risk of pre-eclampsia with organic vegetable consumption: Results from the prospective Norwegian mother and child cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Torjusen, Hanne ^a,b   Brantsæter, Anne Lise ^b   Haugen, Margaretha ^b   Alexander, Jan ^b   Bakketeig, Leiv S ^b   Lieblein, Geir ^c   Stigum, Hein ^b   Næs, Tormod ^d,e   Swartz, Jackie ^f,g   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^h   Roos, Gun ^b   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^b  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NOFIMA   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Vidarkliniken   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MILK; NEWBORN; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); ORGANIC FOOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD, ORGANIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907220104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006143     Document Type: Article

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