Vitamin D levels of pregnant immigrant women and developmental disorders of language, learning and coordination in offspring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal vitamin D deficiency is a common health concern among immigrants. No previous studies have examined the associations between prenatal vitamin D levels and developmental disorders of language, scholastic skills, and coordination in an immigrant sample.

Methods

The sample included 542 immigrant mothers of cases with language, scholastic, coordination or mixed developmental disorders, 443 immigrant mothers of controls without these disorders and 542 Finnish mothers of controls. Maternal vitamin D was measured in serum samples collected during early pregnancy and stored in a national biobank.

Results

The mean vitamin D levels during pregnancy were 25.0 (SD 14.4) nmol/L for immigrant mothers of cases, 25.4 (SD 15.5) for immigrant mothers of controls and

SUBMITTER: Arrhenius B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903893 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature