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Vitamin B2 and congenital heart defects of offspring

Friday, August 31, 2012 7:00

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Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) is one of the member of vitamin B complexfoubnd abundantly in Venison, Yogurt, Soybeans, Milk,Mushrooms, Spinach, Tempeh etc.. It plays an important role in converting foods (fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins) to energy.

B. Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
Vitamin B2 and congenital heart defects of offspring
In the study to investigate associations between the maternal dietary intake of fats, riboflavin and nicotinamide, and CHD risk in the offspring, showed that case mothers, in particular mothers of a child with OTD, had higher dietary intakes of saturated fat, 30.9 vs. 29.8 g/d; P < 0.05. Dietary intakes of riboflavin and nicotinamide were lower in mothers of a child with an OTD than in controls (1.32 vs. 1.41 mg/d; P < 0.05 and 14.6 vs. 15.1 mg/d; P < 0.05, respectively). Energy, unsaturated fat, cholesterol and folate intakes were comparable between the groups. Low dietary intakes of both riboflavin (<1.20 mg/d) and nicotinamide (<13.5 mg/d) increased more than two-fold the risk of a child with an OTD, especially in mothers who did not use vitamin supplements in the periconceptional period (OR 2.4, 95%CI 1.4-4.0). Increasing intakes of nicotinamide (OR 0.8, 95%CI 0.7-1.001, per unit standard deviation increase) decreased CHD risk independent of dietary folate intake(14).

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