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Associations of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency with Pregnancy and Neonatal Complications in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vitamin D Deficiency in Kazakhstani Children: Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Deficiency and Insufficiency of Vitamin D in Women of Childbearing Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Pooled it
- Pooled estimate of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation higher than 2000 IU/day compared to lower dose on maternal-fetal outcome: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Assessment of the effect of routine-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in Chinese women of childbearing age with vitamin D insufficiency.European journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
- Association of Fish Consumption with the Omega-3 Index and Vitamin D Status among Adolescent Females in the Southwest Coastal Zone of Bangladesh.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Predictors of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency and Associated Adverse Neonatal Outcomes in Eastern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Pregnancy Vitamin D Deficiency Prevalence and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Mazandaran, a Province of Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Article
- Vitamin D status at birth among pregnant women and their newborns in Jordan: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Effects on Pregnancy Outcomes.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Vitamin D and Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR).International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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- Vitamin D Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Serum Concentration Among Pregnant Women Attending a Malaysian Tertiary Hospital.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Vitamin D Supplementation During Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Vitamin D Status at ≤32 Weeks Gestation: Romanian Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Effects of Maternal Vitamin D Levels on Prematurity: Feasibility Study in a Multicenter Observational Pilot.Nutrients · 2025Observational
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Abstract
Pregnant women in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are at risk of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and prevalence throughout these regions are among the highest, globally. Maternal VDD has been associated with increased risk of a number of adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes, yet research from developing countries is limited. We assessed the associations of maternal VDD during pregnancy with adverse health outcomes by synthesizing the literature from observational studies conducted in developing countries. Six electronic databases were searched for English-language studies published between 2000 and 2017. Thirteen studies from seven countries were included in the review. Prevalence of VDD ranged from 51.3% to 100%. Six studies assessed both maternal and neonatal outcomes, four studies assessed only maternal outcomes and three studies assessed only neonatal outcomes. Ten studies showed at least one significant association between VDD and adverse maternal and/or neonatal health outcomes including pre-eclampsia (
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