Effect of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Faustino R. Pérez-López,Vinay Pasupuleti,Edward Mezones-Holguín,Vicente A. Benites-Zapata,Priyaleela Thota,Abhishek Deshpande,Adrian V. Hernandez,Adrian V. Hernandez +7 more
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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.About:
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.read more
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Effects of vitamin D supplementation on glycated haemoglobin and fasting glucose levels in hypertensive patients: a randomized controlled trial
Martin R. Grübler,Martin R. Grübler,Martin Gaksch,Katharina Kienreich,Nicolas Verheyen,Johannes Schmid,Bríain ó Hartaigh,Georg Richtig,Hubert Scharnagl,Andreas Meinitzer,Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer,Winfried März,Winfried März,Winfried März,Andreas Tomaschitz,Stefan Pilz,Stefan Pilz +16 more
TL;DR: To investigate the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation on glycaemic control, a large number of animals were tested and it was found that animals that received vitamin D supplements during the dry season had a higher chance of survival than those that did not.
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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.
Marlene Chakhtoura,Sara El Ghandour,Khaled Shawwa,Elie A. Akl,Elie A. Akl,Asma Arabi,Ziyad Mahfoud,Ziyad Mahfoud,Robert H. Habib,Hassan Hoballah,Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan +10 more
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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