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    Prenatal maternal and cord blood vitamin D concentrations and negative affectivity in infancy

    Higher maternal vitamin D concentration during pregnancy is associated with better child mental health. Negative affectivity, an early-emerging temperamental trait, indicates an increased risk of psychopatholo...

    Sara Sammallahti, Elisa Holmlund-Suila, Runyu Zou in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2023)

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    25-hydroxyvitamin D correlates with inflammatory markers in cord blood of healthy newborns

    Vitamin D is a potent immunomodulator and may play a role in the development of the fetal innate immune functions. The aim of our study was to evaluate inflammatory markers in cord blood of healthy newborns in...

    Jenni Rosendahl, Elisa Holmlund-Suila, Otto Helve, Heli Viljakainen in Pediatric Research (2017)

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    Towards evidence-based vitamin D supplementation in infants: vitamin D intervention in infants (VIDI) — study design and methods of a randomised controlled double-blinded intervention study

    Vitamin D is important for bone mass accrual during growth. Additionally, it is considered a requirement for a multitude of processes associated with, for example, the development of immunity. Many countries a...

    Otto Helve, Heli Viljakainen, Elisa Holmlund-Suila, Jenni Rosendahl in BMC Pediatrics (2017)