| International journal of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (Volume 2 Issue 3) | |
| Status of maternal serum vitamin D levels in rural India |  |
| Pages 20-25 Monika K. Kotpalliwar, Saunitra A. Inamdar, Neema S. Acharya, Deepti S. Shrivastava and Nilajkumar Bagde DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15379/2408-9761.2015.02.03.05Published: 25November 2015 |
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Background: The role of Vitamin D during pregnancy and its effect on maternal and fetal health is just beginning to be understood. What is clear, however, is that Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is rampant throughout the world. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in India, a finding that is unexpected in a tropical country with abundant sunshine. Various studies have shown an intrinsic relation between various parameters of maternal and fetal wellbeing with maternal Vitamin D status during pregnancy. Aim: To determine the status of Vitamin D levels in pregnancy among rural mothers. Methods: A total of 60 pregnant females, aged 20-35 years were studied during the third trimester of pregnancy. Serum Vitamin D was measured by chemiluminescent immunoassay. Results: 65% subjects were found to have Vitamin D deficiency and 26.67% were found to have Vitamin D insufficiency whereas 8.33% had normal Vitamin D levels. Mean maternal serum Vitamin D level was 15.97±9.216 ng/mL. Conclusions: We observed a high prevalence of physiologically significant hypovitaminosis D among pregnant women attending rural hospital. As mentioned in literature, Vitamin D deficiency is associated with adverse fetomaternal outcome, the magnitude of hypovitaminosis D in antenatal period warrants public health intervention. |
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| Keywords | |
| Vitamin D, Vitamin D deficiency, pregnancy, hypovitaminosis D, India. | |
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