TY - JOUR ID - TI - Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal Vitamin D level in Erbil City AU - Ameer M. Abbas AU - Rawaa J. Mohammed AU - Abbas A. Rabaty PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 2 SP - 184 EP - 202 JO - The Medical Journal of Tikrit University المجلة الطبية لجامعة تكريت SN - 18131638 AB - ABSTRACT Background: Adequate vitamin D concentration during pregnancy are necessary to maintain calcium homeostasis, bone maturation and mineralization. The aim of the study to show correlation between maternal and neonatal vitamin D level and its relations. Subjects and Methods : A cross sectional study was done on mothers and their neonates on Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil-Iraq during the period from first of January to the 30th of July 2015.Data collected from all mothers about age, parity, mode of delivery, maternal diet, weight, gestational age, apgar score and vitamin D. Results : The study show that most of mother age > 35 years, gravida 3 and more, Para 3 and more, normal BMI, wearing hejab, poor nutrition, no vitamin supplement during pregnancy and housewives are deficient maternal and neonatal vitamin D level and age < 35 years, gravida 1-2, parity 1-2, overweight BMI, not wearing hejab, traditional nutrition and employed are on safe range of maternal and neonatal vitamin D level.The results indicate that there was a statistically significant There were 25 cases of neonates on deficient range of vitamin D level, 22 cases (88%) of them are product of mothers with deficient range of vitamin D level, the p value < 0.001 Conclusion : It is concluded that there is parallel correlation between maternal and neonatal vitamin D level and the level of vitamin D in mother and neonate are important for health of both, and education the people about the factors that make the mother and neonate on safe range of vitamin D level.

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