High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in black and white pregnant women residing in the northern United States and their neonates

In utero or early-life vitamin D deficiency is associated with skeletal problems, type 1 diabetes, and schizophrenia, but the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in U.S. pregnant women is unexplored. We sought to assess vitamin D status of pregnant women and their neonates residing in Pittsburgh by r...

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Published in:The Journal of nutrition 2007-02, Vol.137 (2), p.447-452
Main Authors: Bodnar, Lisa M, Simhan, Hyagriv N, Powers, Robert W, Frank, Michael P, Cooperstein, Emily, Roberts, James M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black or African American
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Rickets
Seasons
United States - epidemiology
Vitamin D - administration & dosage
Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives
Vitamin D - blood
Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology
Vitamin D Deficiency - ethnology
White People
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Summary:In utero or early-life vitamin D deficiency is associated with skeletal problems, type 1 diabetes, and schizophrenia, but the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in U.S. pregnant women is unexplored. We sought to assess vitamin D status of pregnant women and their neonates residing in Pittsburgh by race and season. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured at 4-21 wk gestation and predelivery in 200 white and 200 black pregnant women and in cord blood of their neonates. Over 90% of women used prenatal vitamins. Women and neonates were classified as vitamin D deficient [25(OH)D80 nmol/L]. At delivery, vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency occurred in 29.2% and 54.1% of black women and 45.6% and 46.8% black neonates, respectively. Five percent and 42.1% of white women and 9.7% and 56.4% of white neonates were vitamin D deficient and insufficient, respectively. Results were similar at
ISSN:0022-3166
1541-6100
DOI:10.1093/jn/137.2.447