Chances of live birth after exposure to vitamin D–fortified margarine in women with fertility problems: results from a Danish population-based cohort study
Fertility and Sterility - February 2020 Vol113, Issue 2, Pages 383–391
Allan Jensen, M.Sc., Ph.D.a, M.Sc., Ph.D. Allan Jensen M.Sc., Ph.D. Allan Jensen, Michella L. Nielsen, M.D.b, Sonia Guleria, M.D.a, Susanne K. Kjaer, M.D., D.M.Sc.a,c, Berit L. Heitmann, Ph.D., D.M.Sc.d,e,f, Ulrik S. Kesmodel, M.D., Ph.D.b,g,h,i
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- Infertile patients 1.7X more-likely to become pregnant if take Vitamin D – meta-analysis Feb 2023
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- Conception was 3.7X more likely if the male had a good level of Vitamin D – July 2022
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Fortification with Vitamin D
Fortification works, even if food is cooked, but govts rarely fortifiy with enough
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milk, yogurt, beer, bread, cereals, cooking oil, soups, jams, jellys, honey, snack bars, etc.
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- Fortification with Vitamin D works – 16 studies of Danish experience – July 2021
- Vitamin D fortification of beverages – Review March 2022
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- International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018
- 2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
- Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt
Additional studies of Denmark stopping Vitamin D fortification
- Vitamin D food fortification during pregnancy reduced gestational diabetes in daughters by 13 percent – Nov 2018
- Vitamin D added to margarine reduced inflammatory bowel disease by 13 percent 30 years later – Nov 2019
- Preeclampsia of offspring cut in half if mother who smoked had vitamin D fortified margarine – Dec 2017
- Fortification with Vitamin D works – 16 studies of Danish experience – July 2021
- 9 studies by Denmark D-Tech group (fortifiy Margarine with Vitamin D) online as of Nov 2019
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Objective
To study the association between extra vitamin D from a mandatory margarine fortification program and chance of live birth among infertile women.
Design: Nationwide cohort study.
Setting: Not applicable.
Patient(s): The study population consisted of 16,212 women diagnosed with infertility from June 1, 1980, to August 31, 1991.
Interventions(s)
We took advantage of the mandatory vitamin D fortification program of margarine in Denmark that was abruptly stopped on May 31, 1985. The termination of the vitamin D fortification served as a cutoff point to separate the study population into various exposure groups.
Main Outcome Measure(s)
Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between vitamin D exposure status and chance of a live birth within 12, 15, and 18 months after first infertility diagnosis.
Result(s)
Women who were diagnosed with infertility during the vitamin D–exposed period had an increased chance of a live birth compared with women diagnosed with infertility during the nonexposed period. For women diagnosed with infertility during the wash-out period, the chance of a live birth was also increased, but somewhat lower. Similar estimates were obtained with longer follow-up, in women with anovulatory infertility, and little seasonal variation was observed when calendar period of conception was applied.
Conclusion(s)
Our findings suggest that infertile women exposed to extra vitamin D from a margarine fortification program had an increased chance of live birth compared with women not exposed to extra vitamin D from fortification.
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