ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To determine (1) the intake of vitamin–mineral supplements by 855 low-income Brazilian pregnant adolescents and non-adolescents in three interviews (gestational ages

⩽16, 20–26 and 30–36 weeks), (2) the relationship between vitamin–mineral supplementation and toxic exposure, and nutritional, psychological, socio-economic, demographic and obstetric

characteristics of the women. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Jundiaí city, São Paulo, Brazil. SUBJECTS: A total of 855 pregnant adolescents and non-adolescents who attended

antenatal care from September 1997 to August 2000. METHODS: A general questionnaire was utilized three times in pregnancy (gestational ages ⩽16, 20–26 and 30–36 weeks) to investigate the

between vitamin–mineral supplementation and maternal characteristics were assessed in 12 multiple logistic regression models, stratifying the women by age and per capita income. RESULTS:

Iron and vitamin C were the most ingested supplements by adolescents and non-adolescents, in the three interviews. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the maternal predictors for

non-use of vitamin–mineral supplementation were acute anxiety and alcohol intake for adolescents, and low education, single without partner, distress (anxiety, depression, etc.) and stress

for non-adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: These are important data to identify groups of low-income pregnant women in need of supplementation guidance and nutrition education. Stress/distress was a

predictor for non-use of vitamin–mineral supplements for both adolescents and non-adolescents pregnant women. SPONSORSHIP: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo-FAPESP (grant

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