Vitamin D levels of pregnant immigrant women and developmental disorders of language, learning and coordination in offspring
Bianca Arrhenius,
Heljä-Marja Surcel,
Susanna Hinkka Yli-Salomäki
et al.
Abstract:Background
Prenatal vitamin D deficiency is a common health concern among immigrants. No previous studies have examined the associations between prenatal vitamin D levels and developmental disorders of language, scholastic skills, and coordination in an immigrant sample.
Methods
The sample included 542 immigrant mothers of cases with language, scholastic, coordination or mixed developmental disorders, 443 immigrant mothers of controls without these disorders and 542 Finnish mothers of controls. Maternal vita… Show more
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