Vitamin D plus calcium vs no treatment/placebo (no vitamin or minerals): Pre‐eclampsia
- Population
- women during pregnancy
- Intervention
- Vitamin D plus calcium
- Comparison
- no treatment/placebo (no vitamin or minerals)
- Outcome
- Pre‐eclampsia
Vitamin D + calcium probably leads to lower pre‐eclampsia (ALL) compared with no treatment/placebo (no vitamin or minerals) (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Vitamin D + calcium vs no treatment/placebo (no vitamin or minerals) Pre‐eclampsia (ALL) · women during pregnancy Vitamin D + calcium probably leads to lower pre‐eclampsia (ALL) compared with no treatment/placebo (no vitamin or minerals) (moderate certainty). Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD008873.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.51 [0.32, 0.8] | 3 studies · 1114 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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