Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy, prenatal 25(OH)D levels, race, and subsequent asthma or recurrent wheeze in offspring: Secondary analyses from the Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial

• Published in: Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 140; no. 5; pp. 1423 - 1429.e5
• Main Authors: Wolsk, Helene M., Harshfield, Benjamin J., Laranjo, Nancy, Carey, Vincent J., O'Connor, George, Sandel, Megan, Strunk, Robert C., Bacharier, Leonard B., Zeiger, Robert S., Schatz, Michael, Hollis, Bruce W., Weiss, Scott T., Litonjua, Augusto A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; African Americans; Age; Allergies; allergy; Allergy and Immunology; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - prevention & control; Birthdays; Calcifediol - blood; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Dietary Supplements; Female; Humans; Male; Offspring; Pregnancy; prenatal; Prenatal experience; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - epidemiology; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - prevention & control; randomized controlled trial; Recurrence; Respiratory Sounds; Risk; Supplements; United States - epidemiology; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - administration & dosage; Vitamin deficiency; Wheezing; Womens health; Young Adult; AA; OR; Vitamin D; prenatal; 25(OH)D; allergy; asthma; IU; VDAART; randomized controlled trial; Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial; 25-hydroxyvitamin D 3; International units; Odds ratio; African American

Nutrient trials differ from drug trials because participants have varying circulating levels at entry into the trial. We sought to study the effect of a vitamin D intervention in pregnancy between subjects of different races and the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25[OH]D) levels in pregna...