Vitamin D and Reduced Risk of Preeclampsia

• 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

  • Reduced Risk of Preeclampsia

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  Antenatal vitamin D supplementation had no effect on the risk of preeclampsia (RR, 0.81 [95% CI, 0.43-1.53]; n = 6 trials and 1483 participants)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

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