Vitamin D levels in an Australian and New Zealand cohort and the association with pregnancy outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women are at increased susceptibility to vitamin D deficiency. Hence, there is continuing interest in determining how vitamin D influences pregnancy health. We aimed to compare vitamin D status in two distinct populations of pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand and to investigate the relationship between vitamin D status and pregnancy outcome. This included evaluating possible effect measure modifications according to fetal sex.

Methods

Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured at 15 ± 1 weeks' gestation in 2800 women from Adelaide and Auckland who participated in the multi-centre, prospective cohort SCreening fOr Pregnancy Endpoints (SCOPE) study.

Results

Mean serum 25(OH)D in all women was 68.1 ± 27.1 nmol/L and 28% (n = 772) were

SUBMITTER: Wilson RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011374 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature