Low levels of Vitamin D may be connected to learning problems during pregnancy in children, research suggests. Scientists found from the U...
Low levels of Vitamin D may be connected to learning problems during pregnancy in children, research suggests.
Scientists found from the University of Glasgow, that more children conceived from January to March had conditions such as autism and dyslexia, which is designed during the summer to check for more than 800,000 Scottish children.
The first three months of pregnancy are important for brain development, but there are in the UK from January to March for pregnant women to produce vitamin D. not enough sunshine
Previous experiments have shown that a lack of vitamin D can affect brain development.
Lead author Professor Jill Pell said the lack of vitamin D is "the most plausible explanation for the trend" and urged women to take supplements when they were trying to get pregnant.
She said: "The results of this study suggest that, if we could get rid of the seasonal fluctuations, which could prevent 11 percent of cases of learning disorders.
"It is important that pregnant women follow the advice of as early as possible to take in pregnancy vitamin D supplements and dietary supplements, ideally when trying to get pregnant."
The children were born in this study before 2012 guidelines suggest that all pregnant women should take vitamin D supplements
Professor Gordon Smith, head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Cambridge, said: "If vitamin D levels for seasonal variations into account, in fact, observed in this study, we widespread compliance await the recommendation could erase this variant would lead, and have a downward pressure on the overall rate of SEN.
"Although this study does not directly measured vitamin D, which perhaps remains the most plausible explanation for the trend.
"Therefore, these results highlight the importance of health experts recommend vitamin D, and the importance of women who experience a treatment to maximize your chances of a healthy child."
The authors concluded that the increased risk of influenza infections can also be a factor in the statistical variation in early pregnancy, in January-March are peak months for influenza.
