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. 2001 Sep 3;175(5):251-2.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143558.x.

Vitamin D deficiency in veiled or dark-skinned pregnant women

S R Grover  1 , R Morley
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Vitamin D deficiency in veiled or dark-skinned pregnant women

S R Grover et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the vitamin D status of veiled or dark-skinned pregnant women, because of their known increased risk of vitamin D deficiency.

Design: An audit of vitamin D status.

Setting: An antenatal clinic in a major metropolitan teaching hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.

Participants: Pregnant women attending the clinic who agreed to be screened.

Main outcome measures: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25OHD3) level at first visit to the antenatal clinic.

Results: Of 94 women, 82 were screened. Sixty-six women (80%) had 25OHD3 values below the test reference range (22.5-93.8 nmol/L).

Conclusions: Our findings are a cause for concern, because vitamin D deficient women are at risk of bone disease and their children at risk of neonatal hypocalcaemia and rickets.

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  • Vitamin D deficiency and multicultural Australia.
    Mason RS, Diamond TH. Mason RS, et al. Med J Aust. 2001 Sep 3;175(5):236-7. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143550.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587249 No abstract available.
  • Retrospective ethical approval.
    Morley R, Grover SR, Kilpatrick N, Hamilton M. Morley R, et al. Med J Aust. 2001 Sep 3;175(5):286-7. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143576.x. Med J Aust. 2001. PMID: 11587269 No abstract available.

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