Association between pregnancy nutritional status with spontaneous abortion

Background Spontaneous abortion is the most common adverse pregnancy outcomes.A possible link has been suggested between dietary factors deficiency and reproductive risks including abortion MaterialsAndMethods A case-control study was conducted. The case(n:331) experienced a spontaneous abortion before 14 weeks of pregnancy while the controls(n:331) were healthy pregnant women over 14 weeks of pregnancy.The participants filled out dietary information by used food frequency questionnaire (FFQ).Participants reported their frequency of consumption of a given serving of each food item during the past three months, on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The reported frequency for each food item was converted to a daily intake. Then ,consumption of nutrients was compared between the two groups Results There are significant differences between the two groups in number of women who consumed servings/day of vegetables; bread and cereal ;meat,poultry,fish,eggs,beans;fats,oils and dairy products(p:0.012,p