Determinants of Vitamin D Status of Women of Reproductive Age in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Insights from Husband-Wife Comparisons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vitamin D deficiency is common among women of reproductive age (WRA) in Bangladesh, but the causes remain unclear.

Objective

To explain the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in WRA in Dhaka, Bangladesh, we compared the vitamin D status of pregnant women with that of their husbands and between pregnant and nonpregnant states.

Methods

This study was an observational substudy of the Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth trial conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Women (n = 1300) were enrolled in the second trimester of pregnancy and randomly assigned to 1 of 5 arms consisting of different doses of vitamin D supplements or placebo, with 1 arm continuing supplementation until 6 mo postpartum. A subgroup of trial participants and their husbands with plasma

SUBMITTER: Jeong JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6834782 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature