Sentences with phrase «folic acid supplements compared»
In addition, only 6 % of women under 20 were taking folic acid supplements compared with 40 % of women aged 35 to 39.
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In the study, researchers compared children whose mothers took folic acid supplements four weeks before... and eight weeks into their pregnancies with children whose mothers did not take the supplements.
One 2009 study published in PLoS Medicine found that folic acid supplements help reduce risk of premature birth by 50 % when taken for at least a year before conception compared with women who didn't take additional folic acid.
In a study of overweight women with PCOS that were given myo - inositol + folic acid during IVF, 32 % of women had a successful pregnancy within the 12 month study period, compared to just 12 % of women who only took a straight folic acid supplement without the inositol (Artini et al. 201315).
In a study that put these two treatments in a head to head battle, metformin achieved an 18 % pregnancy rate over a 6 month period compared to 30 % of women who managed to fall pregnant naturally just by taking the myo - inositol / folic acid supplements (Raffone et al. 201018).