Maternal Vitamin D3 Supplementation during the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: Effects on Infant Growth in a Longitudinal Follow-Up Study in Bangladesh

To estimate the effects of prenatal vitamin D supplementation on infant growth in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Longitudinal follow-up of infants born at term or late preterm (≥34 weeks) to participants in a randomized double-blind trial of maternal third-trimester vitamin D3 (35 000 IU/wk; vitamin D ) vs plac...

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Published in:	The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 163; no. 6; pp. 1605 - 1611.e3
Main Authors:	Roth, Daniel E., Perumal, Nandita, Al Mahmud, Abdullah, Baqui, Abdullah H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2013 Mosby, Inc
Subjects:	anthropometric measurements Bangladesh Child Development cholecalciferol Cholecalciferol - therapeutic use Dietary Supplements Double-Blind Method drug therapy Female Follow-Up Studies Growth growth retardation Humans infancy Infant infant growth Infant, Newborn infants Longitudinal Studies Male Pediatrics Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy Pregnancy Trimester, Third therapeutic use Vitamin D Deficiency Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy Vitamins Vitamins - therapeutic use World Health Organization Bangladesh WAZ LAZ HCAZ PTH 25(OH)D AViDD WFL 25-hydroxyvitamin D Weight-for-age z-score Antenatal vitamin D in Dhaka Head circumference-for-age z-score Parathyroid hormone Weight-for-length z-score Length-for-age z-score
ISSN:	0022-3476, 1097-6833, 1097-6833
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