ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2018
The Implications of Vitamin D Status During Pregnancy on Mother and her Developing Child.
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- Vitamin D supplementation in pregnant or breastfeeding women or young children for preventing asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnant Woman and Young Children in Preventing Rickets: A Modeling Study.Frontiers in public health · 2020Pooled it
- Periconception Maternal Vitamin D Status on Nausea and Vomiting Symptoms in Early Pregnancy Among Women with a History of Pregnancy Loss.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy and lactation for women living with HIV in Tanzania: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2022Trial
- Maternal Vitamin D Status Correlates to Leukocyte Antigenic Responses in Breastfeeding Infants.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Vitamin D deficiency during late pregnancy mediates placenta-associated complications.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Vitamin D Treatment during Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Cord Blood Metal Concentrations at Delivery: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Trial
- Randomized trial of three doses of vitamin D to reduce deficiency in pregnant Mongolian women.EBioMedicine · 2019Trial
- Dietary folate, vitamin D, and inflammation modify associations between prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposures and fetal growth.Nutrition and health · 2026Article
- Vitamin D and Health: Establishing Causal Relationships Through Observational Evidence and Hill's Criteria in a Biological Framework.Nutrients · 2026Review
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- Micronutrients in Pediatric Asthma: Biological Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Does gestational vitamin D attenuate the negative effects of prenatal depression on offspring emotional and behavioral problems? Findings in the ECHO cohort.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Maternal Vitamin D Status at Delivery and Allergic Outcomes in Early Adolescence: Prospective Findings from the KLOTHO Birth Cohort.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Predictors of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency and Associated Adverse Neonatal Outcomes in Eastern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Maternal-infant vitamin D coupling and neonatal hypocalcemia: a six-year cohort integrating preterm risk, onset timing, and pandemic effects.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- The First 1000 Days: Maternal Nutrient Intake-A Window of Opportunity for Pulmonary Hypertension-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Correlations and influencing factors of vitamin A and D levels in maternal and neonatal cord blood among pregnant women.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- The metabolic implications of maternal exercise: effects on pregnant women and their offspring.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
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Abstract
Pregnancy is a time of tremendous growth and physiological changes for mother and her developing fetus with lifelong implications for the child. The concert of actions that must occur so mother does not reject the foreign tissue of the fetus is substantial. There must be exquisite balance between maternal tolerance to these foreign proteins of paternal origin but also immune surveillance and function such that the mother is not immunocompromised. When this process goes awry, the mother may experience such pregnancy complications as preeclampsia and infections. Vitamin D deficiency affects these processes. Controversy continues with regard to the optimal daily intake of vitamin D, when sunlight exposure should be taken into account, and how to define sufficiency during such vulnerable and critical periods of development. The importance of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy in preventing some of the health risks to the mother and fetus appears linked to achieving 25(OH)D concentrations >40 ng/mL, the beginning point of the plateau where conversion of the vitamin D metabolite 25(OH)D, the pre-hormone, to 1,25(OH)
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