Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy does not prevent school-age asthma Keywords:
asthma; children; pregnancy; vitamin D; wheezing EN asthma children pregnancy vitamin D …

Importance Asthma and wheezing begin early in life, and prenatal vitamin D deficiency has
been variably associated with these disorders in offspring. Objective To determine whether …

Background Prenatal vitamin D deficiency is associated with asthma or recurrent wheezing
in offspring. However, evidence from randomized trials on the efficacy of vitamin D …

Background Nutrient trials differ from drug trials because participants have varying
circulating levels at entry into the trial. Objective We sought to study the effect of a vitamin D …

Background We recently published two independent randomized controlled trials of vitamin
D supplementation during pregnancy, both indicating a> 20% reduced risk of …

METHODS: Participants were 1,306 mother-child pairs in Project Viva, a prospective “pre-
birth” cohort study in Massachusetts. We assessed maternal intake of vitamin D from a …

The worldwide increase in asthma prevalence during the last decades and the re-
emergence of vitamin D deficiency in many populations hinted toward an underlying …

This article provides an overview of the findings obtained from the Vitamin D Antenatal
Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART) spanning a period of 15 years. The review covers various …

Rationale: The role and optimal timing of vitamin D supplementation in asthma prevention is
not fully understood. We identified associations of prenatal and/or postnatal vitamin D …

Background: In the past few years, growing evidence supports a preventive role of vitamin D
supplementation during pregnancy for wheezing or asthma in offspring. However, the …