Vitamin D Deficiency Among Pregnant Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

What It Covers

The paper reports a study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc, published as a meta-analysis.

To estimate the pooled proportion of VDD among pregnant women in SSA.

Why It Was Studied

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) during pregnancy is linked to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.

Deficiency may result from low cutaneous synthesis, poor dietary intake, or metabolic disruptions.

Who the Included Studies Covered

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were adults, women only.

A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted on studies reporting VDD among pregnant women in SSA.

How the Review Was Done

Databases searched included PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, HINARI, Google, and Google Scholar without restrictions on language or study period.

Study quality was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Heterogeneity was examined using Cochrane's Q and I² statistics.

A random-effects model was used to estimated the pooled proportion.

What Was Measured

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) during pregnancy is linked to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.

PubMed files the paper under topics including Vitamin D Deficiency, Africa South of the Sahara, Pregnancy Complications, Prevalence, Vitamin D and Observational Studies as Topic.

Author keywords: pregnant women, sub‐Saharan Africa, systematic review and vitamin D deficiency (VDD).

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a meta-analysis of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 7 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2026 (Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association), a journal based in England.

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