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Trial name or title	The effects of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy on newborn’s anthropometric index
Methods	A randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy on newborns anthropometric indexes.
Participants	Pregnant women from 15‐40 years old; between 24‐28 weeks of gestation; BMI 19‐26; vitamin D < 75 nmol/L Exclusion criteria: History of liver, renal, parathyroid, bone, metabolic diseases or epilepsy or malabsorption; medications that influence the metabolism of vitamin d and calcium; recurrent abortion; diabetes or gestational diabetes, hypertension or pre‐eclampsia; fetus with anomalies or poli hydramnios or oligohydramnios or intrauterine growth retardation.
Interventions	The intervention group will receive vitamin D capsule 50,000 u weekly for 8 weeks from 28 gestational age and multivitamin tab including 400 u vitamin D daily until termination. The control group will receive multivitamin tab including 400 u vitamin D until termination.
Outcomes	Primary Birth length (cm) Birthweight (g) Head circumference at birth (cm) Secondary Newborn level of vitamin D Newborn level of calcium Mother level of vitamin D
Starting date	Actual start date information not available
Contact information	Dr. Fatemeh Lalooha Assistant Professor Gynecology Department of Kosar Hospital Qazvin, Iran Phone +98 28 1223 6374 Fax +98 28 1224 2661 rramezaninezhad@qums.ac.ir
Notes	Funding: Qhazvin University of Medical Sciences Declarations of interest among primary researchers: NA