Vitamin D deficiency at the time of delivery - Prevalence and risk of postpartum infections

Postpartum infections are a common cause of morbidity after childbirth. Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to increase the risk for several infections in a non-pregnant population. Vitamin D deficiency has been described as common in pregnant women. To investigate whether vitamin D deficiency in pr...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-12, Vol.14 (12), p.e0226673-e0226673
Main Authors: Axelsson, Daniel, Brynhildsen, Jan, Blomberg, Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
ASSOCIATION
Biology and life sciences
Calciferol
Cesarean section
Childbirth & labor
Confidence intervals
Delivery (Childbirth)
EARLY-PREGNANCY
Female
Gynecology
Health aspects
Health risks
Humans
Infection
Infections
Labor
Medical records
Medicine and health sciences
Methicillin
Methods
Morbidity
Nutrient deficiency
Obstetrics
People and places
Physical sciences
Postpartum
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Puerperal Infection - blood
Puerperal Infection - epidemiology
Regression analysis
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Serum levels
Staphylococcus infections
Statistical analysis
Studies
Sweden
Urinary tract infections
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - blood
Vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D Deficiency - blood
Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology
Vitamin deficiency
Vitamins
Working women
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Summary:Postpartum infections are a common cause of morbidity after childbirth. Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to increase the risk for several infections in a non-pregnant population. Vitamin D deficiency has been described as common in pregnant women. To investigate whether vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women in labor was associated with an increased risk of overall postpartum infectious morbidity within eight weeks of delivery. A secondary aim was to estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women in Linköping, Sweden at the time of delivery. Serum vitamin D levels in labor were analyzed for 1397 women. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as serum levels
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0226673