Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size.

Autor:	Wierzejska RE; Department of Nutrition and Nutritional Value of Food, National Institute of Public Health NIH-National Research Institute, Chocimska St. 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland., Wojda B; Department of Nutrition and Nutritional Value of Food, National Institute of Public Health NIH-National Research Institute, Chocimska St. 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland., Bomba-Opoń DA; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Institute of Medicine Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-317 Kielce, Poland.; Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland., Rzucidło-Szymańska I; Department of Obstetrics, Perinatology and Neonatology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Cegłowska, 01-809 Warsaw, Poland., Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha R; Department of Obstetrics, Perinatology and Neonatology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Cegłowska, 01-809 Warsaw, Poland., Szymusik I; Department of Obstetrics, Perinatology and Neonatology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Cegłowska, 01-809 Warsaw, Poland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Nutrients [Nutrients] 2024 Oct 18; Vol. 16 (20). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 18.
DOI:	10.3390/nu16203535
Abstrakt:	Background/objectives: Vitamin D deficiencies are very common in pregnant women, raising concerns about adverse health outcomes in children. This issue has hardly been studied in multiple pregnancies, the prevalence of which has been steadily increasing. Therefore, our study investigated the relationship between newborns' anthropometric parameters and the concentration of 25(OH)D in maternal blood of women with twin pregnancies and umbilical cord blood. Methods: The study included 50 women who gave birth after the 36th week of twin gestation. The concentration of 25(OH)D was determined in maternal blood collected during the antenatal period and in the umbilical cord blood of 100 newborns. Anthropometric parameters of the newborns (birth weight, length and head and chest circumference) were obtained from hospital records. Data on nutrition and lifestyle during pregnancy were collected from the patients during an interview conducted by a dietitian. Results: No relationship between maternal and neonatal cord blood vitamin D concentrations and any of the anthropometric parameters of the newborns was found. However, only 6% of the mothers and 13% of the newborns had vitamin D deficiency (≤20 ng/mL). The type of pregnancy and maternal height were the main factors associated with neonatal size. Newborns from dichorionic pregnancies were on average 202 g heavier ( p < 0.001) and 1 cm longer ( p = 0.006) than newborns from monochorionic pregnancies. Newborns of mothers ≤160 cm in height had on average 206 g lower birth weight ( p = 0.006) and were 3.5 cm shorter ( p = 0.003) compared to newborns of taller mothers. Conclusions: Therefore, in our study, the neonatal size of twins was not related to the vitamin D status but to other factors such as the type of pregnancy and maternal height.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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