Prenatal vitamin d supplementation and child respiratory health: a randomised controlled trial.

Observational studies suggest high prenatal vitamin D intake may be associated with reduced childhood wheezing. We examined the effect of prenatal vitamin D on childhood wheezing in an interventional study.We randomised 180 pregnant women at 27 weeks gestation to either no vitamin D, 800 IU ergocalc...

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Main Authors: Stephen T Goldring, Chris J Griffiths, Adrian R Martineau, Stephen Robinson, Christina Yu, Sheree Poulton, Jane C Kirkby, Janet Stocks, Richard Hooper, Seif O Shaheen, John O Warner, Robert J Boyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3691177?pdf=render