Vitamin D plasma concentrations in pregnant women and their preterm newborns

Autor: Milene Saori Kassai, Fernanda Ramirez Cafeo, Fernando Alves Affonso-Kaufman, Fabíola Isabel Suano-Souza, Roseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-2045-1
Popis: Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health issue. More than half of pregnant women are affected by vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency. Studies suggest an association between low vitamin D concentrations during pregnancy with intrauterine growth restriction and prematurity. This study aimed to describe the concentrations of 25(OH)D (25-hydroxyvitamin D) of mothers who delivered preterm newborns compared to women with full-term pregnancy deliveries, as well as to relate 25(OH)D blood concentrations of mothers with those of their newborns. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted with 66 mothers who had given birth to preterm babies and their preterm newborns (PTNB,
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