Premature birth and infant mortality worse if dark skin (low vitamin D) - 2015

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• Preterm birth 30 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2016
• Dark skin births are much riskier due to lack of vitamin D
• Premature birth 2.5X more likely if mother had low vitamin D and was having twins – July 2013
• Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D
• Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy – Jan 2016
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• Pre-term birth - many of risk factors are associated with low vitamin D
• Low birth weight far more likely if African-American (low vitamin D) – 1997, Aug 2018
• Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019 March of Dimes