Vitamin D status in women with dichorionic twin pregnancies and their neonates: a pilot study in China.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in this observational study publication.

The aim of this study was to investigate vitamin D levels in twin-pregnant women and their neonates.

Why It Was Studied

However, prior studies have mainly focused on measuring vitamin D levels in singleton pregnant women and their offspring, and very limited studies have revealed the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in twin pregnant women and their offspring.

The researchers also explored the correlation of maternal vitamin D levels with neonatal outcomes and infant growth.

Who Took Part

The age groups tagged for this paper are infants, young adults and adults, both men and women.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as pilot.

It is described as a pilot, a small early test of whether a larger Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc study would be practical.

A prospective subcohort investigation was carried out among 72 dichorionic, diamniotic twin-pregnant mothers and their twin offspring from the Longitudinal Twin Study.

Peripheral blood was collected from the mothers in the third trimester, and cord blood was collected from neonates at birth to identify 25[OH]D levels.

Data on the characteristics of the mothers and neonates were collected.

Infant growth data and food sensitivities were also collected.

What Was Measured

However, prior studies have mainly focused on measuring vitamin D levels in singleton pregnant women and their offspring, and very limited studies have revealed the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in twin pregnant women and their offspring.

The researchers also explored the correlation of maternal vitamin D levels with neonatal outcomes and infant growth.

The subject headings attached to it are China, Fetal Blood, Longitudinal Studies, Pilot Projects, Pregnancy, Twin, Vitamin D and Vitamin D Deficiency.

Author keywords: Neonates, Nutrition, Prospective study and Twin pregnancies.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a pilot study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

Its findings take up roughly 6 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2021 (BMC pregnancy and childbirth), a journal based in England.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.