Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and child outcomes

To investigate whether exposure to high maternal concentrations of 25(OH)-vitamin D in pregnancy poses any risk to the child.Prospective study.Princess Anne Maternity Hospital, Southampton, UK.A group of 596 pregnant women were recruited. A total of 466 (78%) children were examined at birth, 440 (74%) at age 9 months and 178 (30%) at age 9 years.Maternal 25 (OH)-vitamin D concentrations were measured in late pregnancy. Anthropometry of the child...