Vitamin D and Increased Birth Weight

• The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation During Pregnancy on Maternal, Neonatal, and Infant Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

  • 2024-07-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 9,954
  • Nutrition reviews 83(3)
  • • Wen-Chien Yang
    • Ramaa Chitale
    • Karen M O'Callaghan
    • Christopher R Sudfeld
    • Emily R Smith

  • PubMed: 38950419
  • DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae065

  6 Insights on

  • Increased Birth Weight

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  increased infant birth weight by 53 g (95% CI, 16-90; n = 40 trials and 9954 participants)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  median 2000 IU/day (range 400-60,000)