Association of maternal vitamin D status with glucose tolerance and caesarean section in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort: the growing up in Singapore towards healthy outcomes study

Objective: Epidemiological studies relating maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and mode of delivery have shown controversial results. We examined if maternal 25OHD status was associated with plasma glucose concentrations, risks of GDM and caesarean section...

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Main Authors: Loy, See Ling (Author), Lek, Ngee (Author), Yap, Fabian (Author), Soh, Shu E. (Author), Padmapriya, Natarajan (Author), Tan, Kok Hian (Author), Biswas, Arijit (Author), Yeo, George Seow Heong (Author), Kwek, Kenneth (Author), Gluckman, Peter D (Author), Godfrey, Keith M. (Author), Saw, Seang Mei (Author), Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk (Author), Chong, Yap-Seng (Author), Chong, Mary Foong-Fong (Author), Chan, Jerry Kok Yen (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2015-11-16.
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