ey0016.2-17 | Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Fetal and Infant Growth | ESPEYB16
DE Roth
, SK Morris
, S Zlotkin
, AD Gernand
, T Ahmed
, SS Shanta
, E Papp
, J Korsiak
, J Shi
, MM Islam
, I Jahan
, FK Keya
, AR Willan
, R Weksberg
, M Mohsin
, QS Rahman
, PS Shah
, KE Murphy
, J Stimec
, LG Pell
, H Qamar
, A Al Mahmud
To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2018 Aug 9;379(6):535546.This study tested whether vitamin D supplementation from mid pregnancy to delivery or 6 months post-partum had an effect on length-for-age z scores at 1 year or on other anthropometric measures from birth to 1 year.Bangladesh is a resource poor country where approximately 30% of newbor...