Mental Health update | Low Vit D during pregnancy may cause ADHD risk
A new Finnish study finds that children of women with a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy are 34 percent more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), compared to those whose mothers had sufficient vitamin D levels in the first and second trimesters.
“Alongside genotype, prenatal factors such as vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy can influence the development of ADHD,” said researcher Minna Sucksdorff, M.D., from the University of Turku in Finland.
