Open AccessVitamin D status in pregnant women visiting a tertiary care center of North Eastern India
Author(s) -
Neeraj Sharma,
Chandishwar Nath,
Marcus Jamil
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_404_18
Subject(s) - medicine , placental insufficiency , pregnancy , vitamin d and neurology , obstetrics , vitamin d deficiency , gestational diabetes , gestational age , preeclampsia , oligohydramnios , intrauterine growth restriction , pediatrics , gestation , fetus , placenta , genetics , biology
Studies of vitamin D (VD) physiology suggest that effects of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) could be much broader than rickets including cardiovascular disease, cancers, diabetes, infection, and allergy and pregnancy complications. Data regarding the prevalence of hypovitaminosis in pregnancy are scanty especially in north eastern part of India. Therefore, this study has undertaken with the intention to find out prevalence and outcome of hypovitaminosis of VD in pregnancy.