Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEONATES.

Dr. N. Hemalatha, Dr. Aishwarya V

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Background: High prevalence of vit D deficiency (about a billion) has been seen among people all over the world. Vitamin D (vit D) has a key role in fetal growth by its interaction with parathyroid hormone and Ca2 + homeostasis. Studies confirmed that insufficient prenatal and postnatal levels of vit D have great effects on poor bone mineralization which have significant association with small for gestation age (SGA). Aim; To explore the role of Antenatal Vitamin D intake in prevention of Low Birth weight babies. Materials and methods; Observational case control study involving 100 delivered women divided into two equal groups –One with women with babies with weight less than 2500 gm and another group with women with babies with weight more than 2500 gm. Maternal serum 25 (OH) vitamin D assay was done by immunoassay method. Data was collected and included in a data based system and analysed by statistician. Results ; Increasing maternal age showed a significant decrease in serum vitamin D levels. Increasing BMI was associated with vitamin D deficiency and low birth weight babies. In the study maternal vitamin D deficiency was found to be a single best predictor for low birth weight baby. Conclusion ; Based on the results from the study, it can be said that there is a significant correlation between maternal vitamin D deficiency and low birth weight baby. The study also showed the influence of other variable like age, parity, complexion, pre pregnancy BMI, BMI at time of delivery, previous h/o low birth weight baby, diet and haemoglobin. Larger studies with increased sample size and also long term effect of vitamin D supplementation are prudent

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEONATES., Dr. N. Hemalatha, Dr. Aishwarya V INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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