Folic acid, body mass index and cardiovascular malformations.

We have read the study titled “Predictors of postnatal complications and congenital heart diseases in babies of mothers who have prenatal diabetes and who develop diabetes during pregnancy” conducted by Demirpençe et al. (1) and published in the edition of 2014 December of the Turkish Archives of Pediatrics with interest. In this research study, a significant subject was emphasized by trying to evaluate postnatal complications, congenital malformations and the variables which might affect presence of cardiovascular anomalies in babies of mothers who had prenatal diabetes and developed diabetes during pregnancy.