Publications by authors named "Klara Wille"
Food Sci Nutr
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy can negatively impact both mothers and their newborns, particularly affecting those with darker skin tones who have lower vitamin D levels.
- A study involving 202 mother-child pairs found that a significant percentage (54.5% of mothers and 41.1% of newborns) were vitamin D deficient, with higher deficiency rates in neonates of dark-skinned mothers.
- The research indicated a strong correlation between maternal and umbilical cord blood vitamin D levels, but not for parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels, highlighting the need for vitamin D supplementation for dark-skinned mothers and their infants during the first three years of life.
