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The Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Body Weight Before and During Pregnancy in Women Enrolled in the WHO Calcium and Preeclampsia Trial.

Gabriela CormickAna Pilar BetránJanetta HarbronArmando SeucCintia WhiteJames M RobertsJose M BelizánG Justus Hofmeyr
Published in: Food and nutrition bulletin (2021)
The smaller increase in body weight found in women supplemented with 500 mg elemental calcium daily is quantitatively consistent with previous studies. However, in this study, the difference was not statistically significant.
Keyphrases
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  • pregnancy outcomes
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  • adipose tissue
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