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Animal and in vitro data indicate that vitamin D may affect implantation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION<\/jats:title><jats:p>This prospective time-to-pregnancy study included 362 women who were trying to conceive naturally between 2008 and 2015.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>PARTICIPANTS\/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study included participants who had been trying to conceive naturally for 3\u2009months or less at enrollment and aged 30\u201344\u2009years. A preconception blood sample was collected and 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] was measured. Women who conceived (N\u2009=\u2009362) were at risk of a miscarriage from the day of a reported positive pregnancy test until either a participant-reported pregnancy loss or 20\u2009weeks post day of last menstrual period, whichever came first. Gestational age was defined by ovulation. Time to miscarriage (days) or censoring was modeled using a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. Multiple imputation was performed for missing covariates and missing day of ovulation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean age was 33\u2009years (SD: 3.0\u2009years). Mean 25(OH)D was lower among those who reported their race as African-American and those with a higher BMI. After adjustment for age, race, BMI, education, exercise, alcohol and caffeine intake, compared to the referent group (30\u2013&amp;lt;40\u2009ng\/ml), the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% CI for those with a low 25(OH)D level (&amp;lt;30\u2009ng\/ml) was 1.10 (CI: 0.62, 1.91). Among participants with a higher 25(OH)D level (\u226540\u2009ng\/ml), the HR was 1.07 (CI: 0.62, 1.84).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study was limited by a 25(OH)D measurement at only a single time point. A large percentage of women in this study had sufficient vitamin D levels, which may have limited our power to detect an effect of deficiency. Women in this study were older (30\u201344\u2009years), and predominantly reported their race as White which may limit generalizability.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings of this study do not suggest an association between preconception vitamin D and miscarriage. Future research should focus on women at greater risk for miscarriage or in populations at risk for vitamin D deficiency or on supplementation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>STUDY FUNDING\/COMPETING INTEREST(S)<\/jats:title><jats:p>This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Z01ES103333). This research was also supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award numbers R00HD079659 and R01HD067683. 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