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Prenatal Vitamin D Sufficiency Reduces Childhood Asthma Risk

Childhood asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States and globally. Maternal asthma is a major risk factor in the development of childhood asthma and wheezing. The vitamin D (VD) status in pregnancy has emerged as a modifiable factor influencing these outcomes. The combined effects of maternal asthma status and prenatal VD status across pregnancy have not been assessed to date.

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