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SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Maternal Vitamin D Levels during Pregnancy and Offspring Psychiatric Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

Subina Upadhyaya, Tiia Ståhlberg, Sanju Silwal, Bianca Arrhenius, Andre Sourander

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Synthesis in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Subina UpadhyayaResearch Centre for Child Psychiatry, INVEST Flagship, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Tiia StåhlbergResearch Centre for Child Psychiatry, INVEST Flagship, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0536-3057
Sanju SilwalResearch Centre for Child Psychiatry, INVEST Flagship, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Bianca ArrheniusResearch Centre for Child Psychiatry, INVEST Flagship, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2715-1533
Andre SouranderResearch Centre for Child Psychiatry, INVEST Flagship, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
University of Turku · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prenatal exposure to vitamin D may play a significant role in human brain development and function. Previous epidemiological studies investigating the associations between maternal vitamin D status and offspring developmental and psychiatric outcomes in humans have been inconclusive. We aimed to systematically assess the results of previously published studies that examined the associations between maternal vitamin D levels, measured as circulating 25(OH)D levels in pregnancy or at birth, and offspring neuropsychiatric and psychiatric outcomes. Systematic searches were conducted using MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO and Web of Science for studies published by 10 August 2022. We included human observational studies that examined associations between prenatal or perinatal vitamin D levels and offspring neuropsychiatric and psychiatric outcomes and were published in English in peer-reviewed journals. Of the 3729 studies identified, 66 studies were screened for full texts and 29 studies published between 2003 and 2022 were included in the final review. There was a small amount of evidence for the association between prenatal vitamin D deficiency and autism spectrum disorder. When studies with larger sample sizes and stricter definitions of vitamin D deficiency were considered, positive associations were also found for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and schizophrenia. Future studies with larger sample sizes, longer follow-up periods and prenatal vitamin D assessed at multiple time points are needed.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsVitamin D DeficiencyFamilyFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyVitamin DVitaminsVitamin DVitamins25(OH)Dmaternaloffspringprenatalpsychiatric outcomesvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID36613505
PMCPMC9820292
OpenAlexW4313466981

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