title: Vitamin D Deficiency Among Women in Labor and Cord Blood of Newborns.
abstract: 25-hydroxy Vitamin D levels of 106 maternal blood samples and cord blood levels of their newborns were studied. Maternal mean (SD) vitamin D level was 16.3 (10.3) ng/mL, and mean (SD) cord blood level was 12.8 (8.5) ng/mL. Seventy-five (70.7% mothers (70.7%) and 88 (83%) newborns had hypovitaminosis- D. Seventy (93.3%) newborns of mothers with hypovitaminosis-D had low vitamin D levels. There was a strong correlation between maternal and newborn Vitamin D levels (r=0.6; P<0.001). There is a high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in women in labor and their newborns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cloudnine hospital, OAR Branch, Kodihalli, Murugesh Palya, Bangalore, Karanataka, India. drpradeepkm@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shenoi
authors.forename: R Kishore
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Girish
authors.forename: Shekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Subbaiah
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium