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Vitamin D and Health

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Pregnancy & lactation<br />

Table 8: RCTs on effect of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy on bone health indices in the offspring<br />

Author/Year Population Intervention/Duration Mean (SD) maternal<br />

25(OH)D concentration<br />

(nmol/L) (SD)<br />

Mean infant BMC (g)/ bone area (cm 2 )/<br />

BMD (g/cm 2 ) measured within 2 weeks<br />

of birth<br />

Effect on markers of bone health in<br />

infants<br />

Cooper et al (2016)<br />

Southampton,<br />

Oxford & Sheffield,<br />

UK<br />

Pregnant women<br />

(n=1134) with serum<br />

25(OH)D 25-100 nmol/L<br />

& serum Ca 0.05)<br />

34 weeks gestation<br />

1. 67.8 (22.1)<br />

2. 43.3 (22.3)<br />

(difference: p

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