Evaluation of effect of vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D levels and pregnancy outcome
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Vitamin D is a fatsoluble vitamin which comes primarily from exposure to sunlight and only few foods acts as a source of it Vitamin D deficiency is a preventable health problem Research shows that during pregnancy adequate vitamin D intake is necessary for maternal fetal and child health This study was conducted to determine prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and neonates and will also help us to determine if 400IU daily recommended dose is sufficient to treat hypovitaminosis DMaterials and Methods The study was carried out for 1 years on 100 pregnant divided in two groups in which one group was given supplementation and 2nd group was of unregistered patientsResults The prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency was observed as 82 in present study On supplementing the subjects with 400IU vitamin D with calcium 1000 mg daily the prevalence reduced to 14 while normal levels were achieved in 58 as compared to 8 during the first trim which was significant with p value of Conclusion We recommend evaluation of the status of vitamin D in all pregnant women along with D3 supplementation Routine supplementation of pregnant mothers with 400IU vitamin D with calcium 1000 mg daily resulted in significant improvement of vitamin D levels in study group but sufficient levels were reached in just over half of the females We thus propose further research on the daily dosage recommendations along with other factors affecting vitamin D levels in pregnant females like eating pattern compliance to prescribed drugs and sun light exposureKeywords Vitamin D levels Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy
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Shaifali Patil, Shivali Tripathi, Siddharth Shah
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