2 Pregnancy problems in Iran decreased by 20X when add Vitamin D

Mode of delivery and maternal vitamin D deficiency: an optimized intelligent Bayesian network algorithm analysis of a stratified randomized controlled field trial

Sci Rep . 2023 May 29;13(1):8682. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35838-6.

Mina Amiri 1, Maryam Rostami 2, Ali Sheidaei 3, Aida Fallahzadeh 4, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani 5

Summary by VitaminDWiki
Vitamin D level cesarean preeclampsia preterm delivery
<10 ng 47% 27% 28%
10-20 ng 36% 14% 12%
>20 ng 18% 1.5% 1%
  • 800 women in one Iranian city had 8 different dosing of vitamin D - up to 50,000 IU weekly

    • Suspect that many of those women had >20 ng
  • 900 women in The other Iranian city were the control group - given no vitamin D

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Previous publications of this study

  • 33. Rostami, M., Tehrani, F. R., Simbar, M., Hosseinpanah, F. & Majd, H. A. Rationale and design of Khuzestan vitamin D defciency screening program in pregnancy: A stratifed randomized vitamin D supplementation controlled trial. JMIR Res. Protoc. 6, e7159 (2017).

  • 34. Rostami, M. et al. Efectiveness of prenatal vitamin D defciency screening and treatment program: A stratifed randomized feld trial. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 103, 2936–2948 (2018).


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