1. Vitamin D Levels in Mother–Baby Pairs: A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study in a Rwandan Tertiary Hospital
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Raymond Muganga, Raissa Teteli, Aimable Musafili, Paul Laigong, Florent Rutagarama, Leon Mutesa, Muhammed Semakula, and Katja Konrad
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Vitamin ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mothers ,Positive correlation ,vitamin D deficiency ,Tertiary Care Centers ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Vitamin D and neurology ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Vitamin D ,Prospective cohort study ,Sunlight ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Infant, Newborn ,Rwanda ,Infant ,Vitamin D Deficiency ,medicine.disease ,University hospital ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Infectious Diseases ,chemistry ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Correlation analysis ,Female ,business - Abstract
Background Exposure to the sunlight contributes largely to the production of vitamin D. However, vitamin D deficiency is a reality in tropical countries, despite enjoying enough sunlight, especially bearing women in their last trimester whose foetuses exclusively depend on their reserves. This work aimed at demonstrating the state of vitamin D in mother–baby pairs and associated factors in one of the University Hospitals in Rwanda. Methods This cross-sectional prospective study was performed on mother–baby pairs at Kigali University Hospital. Mother’s serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were considered as outcomes compared with demographic, clinical and biological markers. Correlation analysis was conducted in order to assess the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels for the couple mothers–babies. Results Approximately 38% of women and 65% of neonates had deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D ( Conclusions There was a high rate of vitamin D deficiency in mothers and their babies. Babies born from women with deficiency were likely to develop low levels of vitamin D. This stresses on the need to strengthen the interventions for preventing vitamin D deficiency in the couple mothers–babies such as supplement in vitamin D before and after delivery, improving the quality of meals and regular contact with sunlight. more...
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- 2021
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