Pregnant women and newborns are at increased risk of vitamin D deficiency. Our objective
was to create a global summary of maternal and newborn vitamin D status. We completed a …

Osteoporotic fractures are a major worldwide epidemic. Here, we review global variability,
ethnic differences and secular changes in osteoporotic fractures. Worldwide, age …

Background Maternal vitamin D status has been associated with bone mass of offspring in
many, but not all, observational studies. However, maternal vitamin D repletion during …

Background: Maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may affect fetal outcomes.
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine whether maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D …

Hypovitaminosis D is prevalent worldwide but proportions vary widely between regions,
depending on genetic and lifestyle factors, the threshold to define deficiency, and accuracy …

Context: Vitamin D deficiency is common in pregnant women. Nevertheless, the association
between maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and the risk of having small for …

It is now widely recognised that the environment in early life can have important effects on
human growth and development, including the “programming” of far reaching effects on the …

Vitamin D (VD) plays a crucial role in regulating calcium homeostasis, while the wealth of its
pleiotropic actions is gaining increasing research interest. Sufficient VD concentrations are …

This special issue article will focus on morphologic and functional roles of vitamin D in
muscle, from strength to contraction to development and ageing and will characterise the …

There is currently little information on changes in vitamin D status during pregnancy and its
predictors. The aim was to study the determinants of change in vitamin D status during …