Multivitamins and birth defects

Mothers with diabetes who took multivitamins in the three months before and after conception did not have children with an above average risk of birth defects, compared to a control group of diabetic women who did not take multis and who were almost four times as likely to have a child with birth defects. Findings come from a study conducted by Adolfo Correa, MD/PhD, et al., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Appearing in May Pediatrics, trial compared multivitamin use among mothers of 3,278 infants with diabetes-related birth defects to multi use among mothers of 3,029 control infants. All infants were born from 1968-1980 and were part of Atlanta Birth Defects Case-Control Study. Results have "potentially important prevention implications for women with diabetes during pregnancy," researchers say...