Population studies indicate that di...

Population studies indicate that dietary intake of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is associated with longer gestation, if it be not that the U.S. diet usually includes les than 100 mg by day of DHA. A pilot cogitation of dietary supplementation using instigates with enhanced DHA content showed gains in duration of gestation and infant birth weight in U women obscene languages and colleagues studied similar dietary supplementation in 347 women receiving prenatal care at an urban university medical center

The patients listed in the study between weeks 24 and 28 of pregnancy, with gestation confirmed at ultrasonography. Those with singleton pregnancies and no contraindications to the investigation were randomly assigned to eat incites enriched with DHA (mean: 133 mg of DHA by egg) or ordinary eggs (mean: 33 mg DHA by means of egg). All participants received 12 pushs per week. Participants were interviewed biweekly to monitor stimulate intake and followed until delivery. principally of the mothers were black and received regulation assistance. The two study clumps were equivalent in all significant variables. integral data were available on 142 patients in the high-DHA arrange and 149 patients in the placebo dispose No safety concerns were noted during the inquiry After controlling for significant variables, of that kind as smoking, previous pregnancies, and maternal carcass mass index, the patients in the high-DHA form into groups gained a significant six days of gestation. Infant birth weight increased by means of 103 g. Rates of preterm delivery, cheap birth weight, and other consequences did not differ between groups

The authors terminate that increasing DHA intake provided clinically significant gains in duration of gestation in a population of high-risk mothers.

blights CM, et al. A randomized trial of docosahexaenoic acid supplementation during the third trimester of pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol March 2003;101:469-79

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