Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women and Their Neonates

Abbasian, Maryam and Chaman, Reza and Amiri, Mohammad and Ajami, Mohammad Esmaeil and Jafari-Koshki, Tohid and Rohani, Hossein and Taghavi-Shahri, Seyed Mahmood and Sadeghi, Erfan and Raei, Mehdi (2016) Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women and Their Neonates. Global Journal of Health Science, 8 (9). p. 83. ISSN 1916-9736

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Abstract

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is a worldwide problem. Studies have reported prevalence ranged 18-84% in pregnant women. Receiving adequate calcium and vitamin D during pregnancy period is necessary for calcium homeostasis, fetal growth and bone mineralization. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and their neonates in Shahroud city in the northeast Iran.

METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 284 pregnant women and their neonates referred to Fatemiyeh Hospital of Shahroud were included. Blood samples of mothers and umbilical cords were collected during the delivery and were sent to laboratory in order to measure calcium and 25-hydroxy vitamin D.

FINDINGS: Amounts of Vitamin D insufficiency (20-30 ng/mL) and deficiency (<20 ng/mL) in (mothers, neonates) were found to be (60.2%, 48.9%) and (1.1%, 2.5%) respectively. Calcium deficiency (<8.5 mg/dL) was present in 33.5% of mothers and 25% of neonates. There was a weak correlation between maternal serum and cord blood 25-hydroxy vitamin D (r=0.12, p=0.053).

CONCLUSION: More than half of the mothers and their neonates had some degrees of vitamin D deficiency. It is recommended to evaluate the nutritional status of vitamin D in pregnant women along with public health interventions to be carried out.

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Date Deposited: 04 May 2023 06:58
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2024 07:26
URI: http://publications.articalerewriter.com/id/eprint/711

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