Early-Life Factors Are Associated with Vitamin D Status in Early and Mid-Childhood and May Differ between White and Black Children.

Karen M SwitkowskiCarlos A CamargoSheryl L Rifas-ShimanHannah FullerEmily Oken

Published in: The Journal of nutrition (2021)

Our findings may help clinicians better target children at risk of lower 25(OH)D for screening and/or intervention and may inform research focused on associations of 25(OH)D with different exposures and outcomes or causal effects of early-life factors on later VitD status.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02820402.

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