Effect of Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation on Iron Status During Pregnancy

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Objectives

Vitamin D may have an adjunctive role in the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency (ID) through its proposed role in the regulation of erythropoiesis and circulating hepcidin concentrations. Observational studies have shown associations between low vitamin D and iron status; however, there are few data from intervention trials. In participants of the Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth Trial (MDIG; NCT01924013), among whom the baseline prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 64%, we examined the effect of prenatal vitamin D supplementation on iron status during pregnancy by testing the effect of vitamin D supplementation on serum ferritin concentrations.

Methods

In this double-blind, dose-response, randomized trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh, women wer

SUBMITTER: O'Callaghan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7258216 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature