Fredrik Serenius|Abdelwahab T. H. Elidrissy|Paresh Dandona
Vitamin D nutrition in pregnant women at term and in newly born babies in Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University|The Royal Free Hospital|University College London
survey assess vitamin nutritional state 119 pregnant women term newborns undertaken riyadh saudi arabia concentrations 25hydroxy vitamin 25ohd 4 ngml 30 119 maternal sera 11 undetectable median concentration 25ohd 57 ngml comparable found asian vegetarian women term london fifty 119 cord samples undetectable 25ohd total 81 samples 25ohd concentrations less 4 ngml despite low 25ohd concentrations cord bloods calcium concentrations higher maternal blood serum albumin concentration similar maternal cord samples higher socioeconomic background women antenatal care vitamin supplementation associated significantly higher concentrations 25ohd vitamin supplementation however significant effect 25ohd concentration cord samples weight newborns study shows high prevalence marginal vitamin nutrition women saudi arabia may predispose babies rickets infancy country endowed plentiful sunshine exclusion sunshine thick dark veils bad housing probably contribute marginal state vitamin nutrition