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Vitamin D supplementation to improve pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: an overview of 42 systematic reviews.

Liza BialyTanis FentonJocelyn Shulhan-KilroyDavid W JohnsonDeborah A McNeilLisa Hartling
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
There is some evidence from SRs of observational studies for associations between vitamin D serum levels and some outcomes; however SRs examining effectiveness from RCTs showed no effect of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy with the exception of one predefined outcome, which had low quality evidence. Credibility of the evidence in this field is compromised by study limitations (in particular, the possibility of confounding among observational studies), inconsistency, imprecision and potential for reporting and publication biases.
Keyphrases
  • systematic review
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  • pregnancy outcomes
  • pregnant women
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  • quality improvement
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