Maternal Vitamin D Status at Week 30 of Gestation and Offspring Cardio-Metabolic Health at 20 Years: A Prospective Cohort Study over Two Decades.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Vitamin D deficiency is common among pregnant women and since the fetus relies exclusively on maternal supply, deficiency could potentially interfere with fetal development. Vitamin D blood concentrations during pregnancy have been associated with offspring cardio-metabolic health in a few previous studies but the evidence is still inconsistent and only one previous study has followed the offspring into adulthood. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between maternal serum concentration of vitamin D (25(OH)D) in week 30 of gestation and offspring cardio-metabolic risk factors at 20 years.

Subjects/methods

A follow up study of a Danish birth cohort from 1988-89 (n = 965) was conducted. A blood sample was drawn from the women in

SUBMITTER: Rytter D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5072548 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature