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Authordc.contributor.authorCastilla, Eduardo E. 
Authordc.contributor.authorOrioli, Ieda María es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorLópez-Camelo, Jorge S. es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorDutra, Maria da Graca es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorNazer Herrera, Julio es_CL
Admission datedc.date.accessioned2007-05-25T16:29:47Z
Available datedc.date.available2007-05-25T16:29:47Z
Publication datedc.date.issued2003-12-01
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationAMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A 123A (2): 123-128 DEC 1 2003en
Identifierdc.identifier.issn0148-7299
Identifierdc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/127241
Abstractdc.description.abstractSeveral South American countries are fortifying wheat flour with folie acid. However, only Chile started in 2000 to add 2.2 mg/kg, providing 360 mug daily per capita, an acceptable dosage for preventing the occurrence of some neural tube defect (NTD) cases. ECLAMC (Spanish acronym for the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations) routinely monitoring birth defects in South America since 1976, surveyed the impact of this fortification. Data from 361,374 births occurred in 43 South American hospitals, distributed in five different countries, active throughout the 1999-2001 triennium, were selected from the ECLAMC network. Birth prevalence rates for three different congenital anomalies with similar expected prevalence rates, were surveyed by the Cumulative Sum Method (CUSUM) method. They were NTD, oral clefts (OC), and Down syndrome (DS). Expected values were derived from observations made in 1999, and CUSUM was applied to the consecutive series of 24 months covering years 2000 and 2001. Only one of three congenital anomaly types, NTDs, in only one of five sampled out countries, Chile, showed a significant decrease, of 31%, during the 2000-2001 biennium, corresponding to the birth of the periconceptionally fortified infants. The level of significance (P < 0.001) was reached in the 20th month after fortification started, corresponding to August 2001. This is the first observation of a significant decrease in the occurrence of NTD after folic acid food fortification in a population little influenced by confounders common in the developed world as pre-existing secular decreasing trends, and partially unregistered induced abortions.en
Lenguagedc.language.isoenen
Publisherdc.publisherWILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INCen
Keywordsdc.subjectWOMENen
Títulodc.titlePreliminary data on changes in neural tube defect prevalence rates after folic acid fortification in south Americaen
Document typedc.typeArtículo de revista


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