51. Factors associated with cord blood vitamin D concentration in Saskatchewan newborns.
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Katzman, Miriam, Lawson, Josh, Whiting, Susan J., and Rosenberg, Alan M.
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VITAMIN D deficiency , *CORD blood , *LONGITUDINAL method , *EVALUATION of medical care , *PREGNANCY , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REGRESSION analysis , *RESEARCH funding , *VITAMIN D , *CROSS-sectional method , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHILDREN , *VITAMIN deficiency - Abstract
This prospective study investigated associations between cord blood vitamin D, risk factors for low vitamin D, and pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. The study included 65 maternal-fetal dyads delivering between December and February in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Eighty-five percent of mothers reported taking daily prenatal vitamin D but 70% of their newborns had insufficient or deficient cord blood vitamin D, suggesting that usual prenatal supplementation may be inadequate to achieve sufficient cord blood vitamin D in most newborns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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