2024
Vitamin D and Toxic Metals in Pregnancy - a Biological Perspective
Fisher M, Weiler H, Kuiper J, Borghese M, Buckley J, Shutt R, Ashley-Martin J, Subramanian A, Arbuckle T, Potter B, Little J, Morisset A, Jukic A. Vitamin D and Toxic Metals in Pregnancy - a Biological Perspective. Current Epidemiology Reports 2024, 11: 153-163. PMID: 39156920, PMCID: PMC11329583, DOI: 10.1007/s40471-024-00348-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVitamin DPregnant womenHigher vitamin D statusToxic metalsPrevention of adverse outcomesTrials of vitamin D supplementationVitamin D statusVitamin D supplementationOverall nutritional statusNutritional interventionPotential biological mechanismsPregnant populationEpidemiological studiesBlood metalsNutritional statusD statusD supplementationNorth American studiesProspective studyAdverse outcomesAbsorption of metalsPregnancyIntestinal absorptionMetal exposureEndocrine disruption
2016
Increasing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with reduced odds of long menstrual cycles in a cross-sectional study of African American women
Jukic AM, Upson K, Harmon QE, Baird DD. Increasing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with reduced odds of long menstrual cycles in a cross-sectional study of African American women. Fertility And Sterility 2016, 106: 172-179.e2. PMID: 26997249, PMCID: PMC4930882, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMenstrual cycle lengthLong menstrual cyclesCross-sectional studyMenstrual cycleAfrican American womenCycle lengthSelf-reported menstrual cycle lengthVitamin D statusPolytomous logistic regressionAmerican womenD statusGynecologic historyOvarian hormonesProspective studyOvarian functionReduced oddsMAIN OUTCOMEIrregular cyclesLogistic regressionWomenOddsFurther investigationDaysAssociationMedications