Pages tagged with "Pregnancy + Birth rate"

15 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Moms.gov (announced on Mothers day) fails to mention Vitamin D
• Preterm birth rate reduced by 43 percent with adequate Vitamin D supplementation – meta-analysis
• Preterm birth rate cut in half with 1000 milligrams of Omega-3 (if initially low) – RCT
• Birth rates doubled with Vitamin D - 300,000 IU for infertile men – RCT
• Omega-3 supplementation reduced preterm birth rate by 4X – RCT
• Preterm birth rate of pregnant smokers cut in half if take Omega-3 – RCT
• Preterm birth rate reduced 60% by Vitamin D (40 ng)
• Birth rates are declining: 7 of the top 15 reasons are low Vitamin D
• Preterm birth rate increased 60 percent in 50 years (US)
• Preterm birth rates increased in 15 European countries
• Preterm birth rate increased in US but decreased in Finland (high Vitamin D)
• Preterm birth rate not vary with vitamin D level (when all are less than 30 ng)
• FDA petitioned to acknowledge that vitamin D cuts preterm birth rate in half
• Preterm birth rate reduced 57 percent by Vitamin D
• Hypothesis- birth rate variation with season may trump MS variation with vitamin D