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Maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Elizabeth M. Curtis,
Rebecca J. Moon,
Nicholas C. Harvey,
Cyrus Cooper
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldy010
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , offspring , observational study , gestational diabetes , vitamin d and neurology , asthma , vitamin , obstetrics , gestation , diabetes mellitus , pediatrics , endocrinology , genetics , biology
Maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy has been linked to many health outcomes in mother and offspring. A wealth of observational studies have reported on both obstetric outcomes and complications, including pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, mode and timing of delivery. Many foetal and childhood outcomes are also linked to vitamin D status, including measures of foetal size, body composition and skeletal mineralization, in addition to later childhood outcomes, such as asthma.

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