Vitamin D status in mothers and their newborns in Iran
Adequate vitamin D concentrations during pregnancy are necessary to neonatal calcium homeostasis, bone maturation and mineralization. The aim of study is to evaluate serum vitamin D concentrations in mothers and their newborns and effect of vitamin D deficiency on pregnancy outcomes. 552 pregnant wo...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2007-02, Vol.7 (1), p.1-1, Article 1 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Adequate vitamin D concentrations during pregnancy are necessary to neonatal calcium homeostasis, bone maturation and mineralization. The aim of study is to evaluate serum vitamin D concentrations in mothers and their newborns and effect of vitamin D deficiency on pregnancy outcomes.
552 pregnant women were recruited from Tehran University educating hospitals in the winter of 2002. Maternal and cord blood samples were taken at delivery. The serum was assayed for 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, calcium, phosphorus and parathyroid hormone.
The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in maternal and cord blood samples were 66.8% and 93.3%, respectively ( |
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| ISSN: | 1471-2393 1471-2393 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2393-7-1 |