Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with increased risk of firsttrimester miscarriage in the Odense Child Cohort1-2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 633-638

  Andersen, Louise B ^a,b   Jørgensen, Jan S ^a,c   Jensen, Tina K ^a   Dalgård, Christine ^a   Barington, Torben ^d,e   Nielsen, Jan ^e   Beck Nielsen, Signe S ^a,f   Husby, Steffen ^a,c,g   Abrahamsen, Bo ^a,d,h   Lamont, Ronald F ^a,i   Christesen, Henrik T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

^d Odense Patient Data Explorative Network (OPEN)   (United States)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital   (Denmark)

^h HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Endocrinology; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Spontaneous abortion; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BLOOD; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941646479     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.103655     Document Type: Article

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