PregnancyPerinatal healthVitamin D statusVitamin D deficiency has been widely reported among pregnant women and infants around the world. Women with low sun exposure, high BMI, low vitamin D intakes and socioeconomic disadvantage with poor quality diets are at greatest risk of vitamin D deficiency,...
According to Melough, as many as 80% of Black pregnant women in the U.S. may be deficient in vitamin D. Of the women who participated in the study, approximately 46% of the mothers were deficient in vitamin D during their pregnancy, and vitamin D levels were lower ...
The condition and its biomechanical complications impacted the health of both mothers and fetuses, the quality of life of the women (i.e., gait alteration, difficult and limited mobility, compression of internal organs), as well as pregnancy outcomes. It is possible that both the mothers and ...
Vitamin D is vital to a pregnant women’s health. An expectant mom with adequate vitamin D levels may enjoy a reduced risk of pregnancy complications including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, Caesarian section, and preterm birth. However, low vitamin D blood serum levels are common in...
Numerous studies have reported associations between vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and adverse outcomes both on maternal health and fetal development [12]. Poor maternal vitamin D status has indeed been correlated with pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, premature birth, infants born small...
Infant Respiratory Tract Infections or Wheeze and Maternal Vitamin D in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review Backgrounds: Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in young children and can be associated with wheeze. Vitamin... N Christensen,J S?Ndergaard,N Fiske...
High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women: A National Cross-Sectional Survey An increasing number of studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes in mothers, neonates... S Vandevijvere,S Amsalkhir,HV Oyen,... - 《...
Low vitamin D status has been linked to reducedmuscle strengthin adults and children, but little is known about how variation in a mother's status during pregnancy affects her child. Low vitamin D concentrations are common among young women in the UK, and although women are recommended to take...
Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during pregnancy continue to have stronger bones at age seven, according to new research led by the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton (UHS). Bone density scans revealed thatchildrenborn to mothers who were given vitamin D supplem...
A sufficient supply of mother and child with calcium and vitamin D during pregnancy ensures a healthy bone development of the fetus, whereas lack of either of these nutrients can lead to the development of rickets in the child. Moreover, vitamin D insufficiency during pregnancy has consistently ...