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Effect of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy was associated with increased circulating 25(OH)D levels, birth weight, and birth length, and was not associated with other maternal and neonatal outcomes.
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This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2015-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 235 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Low birth weight & Birth weight.

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Evidence of an Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Preterm Birth and Preeclampsia: A Critical Review.

TL;DR: The results suggest that a positive association between vitamin D deficiency and preterm birth exists and that well-designed and standardized clinical trials need to include large cohorts of minority pregnant women to establish the impact of vitamin D supplementation on improving pre term birth and preeclampsia risk in pregnancy.
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Long-term effects of childhood nutrition: evidence from a school lunch reform

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the long-term impact of a policy that introduced free and nutritious school lunches in Swedish primary schools and found that exposure to the school lunch program had substantial effects on educational attainment and health.
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Vitamin D replacement in children, adolescents and pregnant women in the Middle East and North Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

TL;DR: In children, adolescents and pregnant women from the MENA, an intermediate vitamin D dose of 1000-2000IU daily may be necessary to allow for the majority of the population to reach a desirable 25(OH)D level of 20ng/ml.
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Vitamin D and the Promotion of Long-Term Metabolic Health from a Programming Perspective.

TL;DR: The evidence suggests an association between the vitamin D status in early life and the programming of long-term health, but to the best of the knowledge, the current finding is insufficient to draw a final conclusion for evidence-based preventive actions.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

TL;DR: Moher et al. as mentioned in this paper introduce PRISMA, an update of the QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which is used in this paper.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

TL;DR: A structured summary is provided including, as applicable, background, objectives, data sources, study eligibility criteria, participants, interventions, study appraisal and synthesis methods, results, limitations, conclusions and implications of key findings.
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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

TL;DR: PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is introduced, an update of the QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
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Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

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Statistical Aspects of the Analysis of Data From Retrospective Studies of Disease

TL;DR: In this paper, the role and limitations of retrospective investigations of factors possibly associated with the occurrence of a disease are discussed and their relationship to forward-type studies emphasized, and examples of situations in which misleading associations could arise through the use of inappropriate control groups are presented.
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