Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on toxaemia of pregnancy.
To study the effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on the incidence of toxaemia of pregnancy, 200 randomly selected pregnant women (supplemented group), were put on calcium (375 mg/day) and vitamin D (1,200 IU/day) supplements at 20-24 weeks of pregnancy onwards. Another 200 pregnant women constituted the non-supplemented group. At 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of non-toxemic women was significantly lower in the supplemented group than in the non-supplemented group. However, the incidence of toxaemia in the supplemented group (6%) was not significantly different from that in the non-supplemented group (9%).
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014807:Vitamin D