High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in pregnancy and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in the children at age 10 - A randomized clinical trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy may increase risk of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the effect of vitamin D3 supplementation in pregnancy on risk of autism and ADHD.
DESIGN
This randomized clinical trial was part of the COpenhagen Prospective Study on Neuro-PSYCHiatric Development (COPSYCH) project nested within the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010 (COPSAC2010) cohort comprising a population-based sample of 700 healthy mother-child pairs enrolled at week 24 of pregnancy. Maternal 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured at inclusion and 623 mothers were randomized 1:1 to either high-dose (2800 IU/d) or standard-dose (400 IU/d) vitamin D3 until 1 week postpartum (315 received high-dose, 308 standard dose). At age 10, diagnoses and symptom load of autism and ADHD, respectively, were established using the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL).
RESULTS
591 children completed the psychopathological evaluation at age 10, sixteen children (2.7%) were diagnosed with autism and 65 (11.0%) with ADHD. Hereof, 496 children participated in the vitamin D3 trial (246 received high-dose, 250 standard dose). Of these, twelve children (2.4%) were diagnosed with autism and 58 (11.7%) with ADHD. Higher maternal pre-intervention 25(OH)D levels were associated with a decreased risk of autism (OR per 10 nmol/L 0.76…
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Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 591 participants or records.
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