Maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy is associated with adiposity in the offspring: findings from the Southampton Women's Survey.

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BACKGROUND: Low vitamin D status has been linked to adiposity, but little is known of the effects of low status in pregnancy on offspring body composition. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to determine how maternal vitamin D status relates to lean and fat mass of the offspring. DESIGN: The offspring of 977 pregnant women, who had serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] measured at 34 wk gestation, were followed up within 3 wk of birth and at 4 and 6 y of age for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry asses...

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Authors: Crozier, SR; Harvey, N; Inskip, H; Godfrey, K; Cooper, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: American journal of clinical nutrition
• Volume: 96
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 57-63
• Publication date: 2012-07-01
• DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.037473
• EISSN: 1938-3207
• ISSN: 0002-9165
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child, Preschool; Seasons; Pregnancy; Calcifediol; Humans; Severity of Illness Index; Overweight; Nutrition Surveys; Female; Adiposity; Great Britain; Male; Infant, Newborn; Vitamin D Deficiency; Child; SWS Study Group; Follow-Up Studies; Cohort Studies; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2; Prospective Studies