title: Vitamin D levels in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Far North Queensland.
abstract: Serum concentrations of vitamin D were measured in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Cairns Base Hospital, Queensland. Of 116 women, none was found to be vitamin D deficient. With a threshold of 50 nmol/L, no woman demonstrated vitamin D insufficiency; with a threshold of 75 nmol/L, 6.9% would have mild insufficiency. Further investigation into vitamin D concentrations of women living in northern Australia is required before recommendations are made for universal vitamin D screening of all pregnant women in Australia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Alexa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bendall
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Costa
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Howat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D044382:Population Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D