title: Amniotic fluid 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in normal and complicated pregnancy.
abstract: The concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured in 85 samples of amniotic fluid (AF) obtained near term from mothers with normal pregnancy, diabetes, pre-eclampsia or intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Significantly lower AF 25(OH)D levels were found in diabetic mothers than in the three other groups. Our results suggest that the vitamin D status of the fetoplacental unit may be somewhat impaired in diabetic pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002112:Calcifediol