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Summer Season and Recommended Vitamin D Intake Support Adequate Vitamin D Status throughout Pregnancy in Healthy Canadian Women and Their Newborns

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is reported as a prevalent public health problem. Objectives We aimed to evaluate, in pregnant Canadian women, 1) vitamin D intake, 2) maternal and cord serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol [25(OH)D] and maternal 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25(OH)2D], and 3) factors associated with maternal serum 25(OH)D. Methods Women (n = 187; mean prepregnancy BMI 24.4 kg/m2, mean age 31 y) recruited …

Authors

Perreault M; Atkinson SA; Meyre D; Fusch G; Mottola MF

Journal

The Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 150, , pp. 739–746

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

April 1, 2020

DOI

10.1093/jn/nxz276

ISSN

0022-3166

Associated Experts

Gerhard Fusch

Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences
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Stephanie Atkinson

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
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Fields of Research (FoR)

3215 Reproductive Medicine32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences3210 Nutrition and dietetics3003 Animal production3006 Food sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

AdultCanadaDairy ProductsDietDietary SupplementsFemaleFetal BloodGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornMaternal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaNutritional StatusPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsSeasonsVitamin DVitamin D Deficiency
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