Κατεύθυνση Παθολογία της Κύησης
Library of the School of Health Sciences

2022-06-18

2022

Veneri Eleni

Καλανταρίδου Σοφία, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Δασκαλάκης Γεώργιος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Βαλσαμάκης Γ, Ακαδημαϊκός υπότροφος, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ

Ανεπάρκεια βιταμίνης D στην κύηση & σωματικό βάρος γέννησης νεογνού

Greek

The association between vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and an increased risk of low birth weight

Vitamin D deficiency is globally recognized as a public health issue which lately leans
towards becoming a pandemic. Pregnant women as well as breast-feeding neonates have
been designated as a high risk group in which vitamin D deficiency prevalence varies
between 20% and 40%. While the fact that supplementation of vitamin D is effective in
prevention of such deficiency is an acceptable practice, many neonates are born with this
deficiency raising queries about how and why vitamin D deficiency affects pregnancy,
embryo and the neonates health.
The purpose of this study is to explore vitamin D deficiency in the mother and the way this
affects the embryo and neonate.
Bibliography suggests that inadequate levels of vitamin D in pregnant women is directly
related to a series of pregnancy complications, such as Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and
Preeclampsia. Additionally, it appears that the neonates vitamin D levels are directly
affected. Studies conclude that vitamin D deficiency can directly and indirectly result the
birth of a neonate with lower than optimal weight. Vitamin D supplementation during
pregnancy does not seem to positively affect the perinatal result

Health Sciences

Vitamin D deficiency, Birth weight, Vitamin D during pregnancy

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