Vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women with diabetes in Far North Queensland

Title
Vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women with diabetes in Far North Queensland
Publication Date
2018-12-16
Author(s)
Theodore, Sigrid
de Costa, Caroline
McLean, Anna
Woods, Cindy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5790-069X
Email: cwood30@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cwood30
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1111/ajr.12437
UNE publication id
une:-chute-20180608-094351
une:-chute-20180608-094351
Abstract
The need for routine antenatal vitamin D screening across Australia continues to be debated. In rural, tropical Far North Queensland (FNQ), while adequate concentrations have been reported in the general antenatal population, among pregnant women with diabetes (29%) there were found to be ‘insufficient’ or ‘deficient’ vitamin D levels and pregnant Indigenous women recorded slightly lower mean levels than non‐Indigenous women.1 Maternal vitamin D status determines neonatal status; there is also growing evidence of an association between low maternal vitamin D in pregnancy and poor glycaemic control, although clinical significance remains uncertain.2 Some studies demonstrate an association with increased rates of pre‐eclampsia and other pregnancy complications, while others have found no such association.2, 3 There is also evidence of associations between low neonatal vitamin D and extraskeletal adverse outcomes in childhood, including bronchiolitis, atopy and type 1 diabetes, in addition to the known skeletal complications, such as rickets.3, 4
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Citation
Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(6), p. 451-452
ISSN
1440-1584
1038-5282
Pubmed ID
29846030
Start page
451
End page
452

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