Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women from a non-European ethnic minority population--an interventional study.
BJOG
; 109(8): 905-8, 2002 Aug.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12197370
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the vitamin D status of pregnant women from non-European ethnic minorities in South Wales.DESIGN:
Prospective study.SETTING:
Llandough Hospital, Cardiff, South Wales. SAMPLE One hundred and sixty pregnant women from a non-European ethnic minority population in South Wales.METHODS:
Biochemical screening of vitamin D status was carried out at the first antenatal visit. Women found to be deficient in vitamin D were subsequently supplemented and vitamin D status was rechecked at delivery. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
Vitamin D status at delivery.RESULTS:
Eighty of 160 women had a vitamin D level below 8 ng/mL at their first antenatal visit and were treated with oral vitamin D. Factors that could influence vitamin D status such as religion, fluency in English and dressing habits did not appear to have any effect, although a higher proportion of women who had lived in Britain for longer than three years had subnormal vitamin D levels. In 58 of those checked at delivery, the mean plasma vitamin D level increased from 6 to 11 ng/mL although the mean parathyroid hormone level was unchanged.CONCLUSION:
In view of the high incidence of subnormal vitamin D levels in women from ethnic minorities, we recommend biochemical screening of these women in early pregnancy, with subsequent supplementation where indicated.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
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Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Etnicidade
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Asia
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Caribe
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BJOG
Assunto da revista:
GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido