Vitamin D and assisted reproductive treatment outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Vitamin D and assisted reproductive treatment outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
Study question: Is serum vitamin D associated with live birth rates in women undergoing ART?
Summary answer: Women undergoing ART who are replete in vitamin D have a higher live birth rate than women who are vitamin D deficient or insufficient.
What is known already: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with an increased risk of abnormal pregnancy implantation as well as obstetric complications such as pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction. However, the effect of vitamin D on conception and early pregnancy outcomes in couples undergoing ART is poorly understood.
Study design, size, duration: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 published cohort studies (including 2700 women) investigating the association between vitamin D and ART outcomes.
Participants/materials, settings, methods: Literature searches were conducted to retrieve studies which reported on the association between vitamin D and ART outcomes. Databases searched included MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and CINAHL. Eleven studies matched the inclusion criteria.
Main results and the role of chance: Live birth was reported in seven of the included studies (including 2026 patients). Live birth was found to be more likely in women replete in vitamin D when compared to women with deficient or insufficient vitamin D status (OR 1.33 [1.08-1.65]). Five studies (including 1700 patients) found that women replete in vitamin D were more likely to achieve a positive pregnancy test than women deficient or insufficient in vitamin D (OR 1.34 ([1.04-1.73]). All 11 of the included studies (including 2700 patients) reported clinical pregnancy as an outcome. Clinical pregnancy was found to be more likely in women replete in vitamin D (OR 1.46 [1.05-2.02]). Six studies (including 1635 patients) reported miscarriage by vitamin D concentrations. There was no association found between miscarriage and vitamin D concentrations (OR 1.12 [0.81-1.54]. The included studies scored well on the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale.
Limitations reasons for caution: Although strict inclusion criteria were used in the conduct of the systematic review, the included studies are heterogeneous in population characteristics and fertility treatment protocols.
Wider implications of the findings: The findings of this systematic review show that there is an association between vitamin D status and reproductive treatment outcomes achieved in women undergoing ART. Our results show that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency could be important conditions to treat in women considering ARTs. A randomized controlled trial to investigate the benefits of vitamin D deficiency treatment should be considered to test this hypothesis.
Study funding/competing interests: No external funding was either sought or obtained for this study. The authors have no competing interests to declare.
Registration number: N/A.
Keywords: Vitamin D; assisted reproductive treatments; endometrial receptivity; implantation; in vitro fertilization.
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Comment in
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Reply: Is the association of replete status in vitamin D with better results in IVF demonstrated?Hum Reprod. 2018 Sep 1;33(9):1798-1799. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dey252. Hum Reprod. 2018. PMID: 30010867 No abstract available.
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Is the association of replete status in vitamin D with better results in IVF demonstrated?Hum Reprod. 2018 Sep 1;33(9):1797. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dey251. Hum Reprod. 2018. PMID: 30010870 No abstract available.
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