Maternal Parity and the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Observational Studies

Yu Feng; Di Yu; Tao Chen; Jin Liu; Xing Tong; Lei Yang; Min Da; Shutong Shen; Changfeng Fan; Song Wang; Xuming Mo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108944

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Maternal Parity and the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Observational Studies

Yu Feng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu Feng, Di Yu

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Di Yu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu Feng, Di Yu

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Tao Chen,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Jin Liu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Xing Tong,

Affiliation Atherosclerosis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Lei Yang,

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Min Da,

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Shutong Shen,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Changfeng Fan,

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Song Wang,

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Xuming Mo

* E-mail: mohsuming15@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Maternal Parity and the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Observational Studies

Yu Feng,
Di Yu,
Tao Chen,
Jin Liu,
Xing Tong,
Lei Yang,
Min Da,
Shutong Shen,
Changfeng Fan,
Song Wang

Published: October 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108944

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