Folic Acid and Birth Defects: A Case Study (Iran)

Table 1

Folic acid and type of anomaly.

Type of anomaly	Used		Did not use
	n	% (CI 95%)	n	% (CI 95%)
Neural Tube Defects (NTDs)	28	16.09 (11.31–22.15)	32	47.06 (35.67–58.76)
Hydrops fetalis	20	11.49 (7.52–16.99)	6	8.82 (4.11–17.94)
Hydrocephaly	26	14.94 (10.35–20.88)	8	11.74 (6.08–21.53)
Down syndrome	16	9.19 (5.71–14.33)	5	7.35 (3.18–16.09)
Limb anomalies	20	11.49 (7.52–16.99)	2	2.94 (0.81–10.1)
Others	65	36.78 (30.33–44.51)	15	22.05 (13.85–33.26)