Why Do Kids of Smokers Wheeze Less When Mom Took Vitamin C During Pregnancy?

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— Outcomes appear to be mediated by vitamin C’s effect on improved airway function

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Elizabeth Short, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
April 8, 2024

Improved airway function appeared to mediate the association between vitamin C supplementation and wheeze in kids whose mothers smoked and received vitamin C during pregnancy, a secondary analysis of clinical trial data found.

Longitudinal analyses of forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% expired volume (FEF25%-75%) at ages 3, 12, and 60 months showed significantly higher values for children whose moms took vitamin C compared with kids of placebo-treated mothers (P