Vitamin D levels in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Far North Queensland

Title
Vitamin D levels in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Far North Queensland
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Bendall, Alexa
de Costa, Caroline
Woods, Cindy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5790-069X
Email: cwood30@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cwood30
Howat, Paul
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01423.x
UNE publication id
une:19536
Abstract
Serum concentrations of vitamin D were measured in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Cairns Base Hospital, Queensland. Of 116 women, none was found to be vitamin D deficient. With a threshold of 50 nmol/L, no woman demonstrated vitamin D insufficiency; with a threshold of 75 nmol/L, 6.9% would have mild insufficiency. Further investigation into vitamin D concentrations of women living in northern Australia is required before recommendations are made for universal vitamin D screening of all pregnant women in Australia.
Link
Citation
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 52(4), p. 391-394
ISSN
1479-828X
0004-8666
Start page
391
End page
394

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