twisted_cistern t1_j7l1kd2 wrote on February 7, 2023 at 3:58 PM

Reply to comment by SaltZookeepergame691 in Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga

Known in the research trade as a fishing expedition. Need to be followed up by a well designed study intended to investigate this effect

SaltZookeepergame691 t1_j7l2zkk wrote on February 7, 2023 at 4:08 PM

Indeed. It’s nice that they are frank about this in the discussion but worrying that they say nothing about it in the abstract. A good journal wouldn’t publish this without an explicit warning that it was a post hoc analysis. Violation of basic CONSORT guidelines.