Low Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy Associated With Preterm Birth

African-American and Puerto Rican women with low vitamin D levels during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to preterm babies, finds study. The study, the largest to date to look at the association between vitamin D and preterm birth, is now available online in the iAmerican Journal of Epidemiology/i. "Vitamin D is unique in that while we get it from our diets, our primary source is our body making it from sunlight," said lead author Lisa Bodnar, ...

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