Wei Yang

TL;DR: The authors' observations do not implicate a particular folate transport or metabolism gene to be strongly associated with risks for spina bifida or conotruncal defects and multiple SNPs observed for a given gene showed evidence of linkage disequilibrium indicating that the observed SNPs were not individually contributing to risk.

TL;DR: The study suggests that increased risks of certain birth defects may be included among the negative consequences of food insecurity, and several models suggested effect modification by certain factors.

TL;DR: Among infants with CL or CLP, heart, limb, and other musculoskeletal defects were most commonly observed, while heart, limbs, and central nervous system defect were most common among infants with CP.

TL;DR: The authors' observations add to the relatively few population-based descriptive epidemiologic studies of the prevalence and mortality, and maternal and infant characteristics of CDH.

TL;DR: PM10 and traffic density may contribute to the occurrence of pulmonary valve stenosis and ventricular septal defects, respectively.