Open AccessEfficacy and safety of Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy: A randomized trial of two different levels of dosing on maternal and neonatal Vitamin D outcome
Author(s) -
Shabir Ahmad Mir,
Shariq Rashid Masoodi,
Shafia Shafi,
Iqra Hameed,
Maqsood Ahmad Dar,
Muhammad Salman Bashir,
Arshad Iqbal Wani,
Zaffar Amin Shah,
Shameema Parveen,
Abdul Hamid Zargar,
Parviz Ahmad Shah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.179991
Subject(s) - medicine , dosing , randomized controlled trial , pregnancy , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin , outcome (game theory) , obstetrics , pediatrics , physiology , genetics , biology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Pregnant women represent a typical group susceptible to dietary and mineral deficiencies. This study was sought to assess the efficacy and safety of various doses of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) supplementation during pregnancy and ratify the inadequacy of the recommended daily allowance for Vitamin D in vulnerable groups.