Pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are at an increased risk for delivering a baby by caesarean section, say researchers.
Pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are at an increased risk for delivering a baby by caesarean section, say researchers.
Over a two-year period, experts from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), analyzed the relationship between maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and the prevalence of primary caesarean section.
Cesarean section - Types, Indications, Preparation, Surgery, Complications and Risks
Cesarean section is a method of delivering the baby from the mother by means of an operation. The mother’s abdomen and the womb are cut open and the baby is extracted from within.
Cesarean section is a method of delivering the baby from the mother by means of an operation. The mother’s abdomen and the womb are cut open and the baby is extracted from within.
''In our analysis, pregnant women who were vitamin D deficient at the time of delivery had almost four times the odds of caesarean birth than women who were not deficient,'' said senior author Michael Holick, MD, PhD, director of the General Clinical Research Center and professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at BUSM and Anne Merewood assistant professor of pediatrics at BUSM and lead author of the study.
According to Holick, one explanation for the findings is that vitamin D deficiency has been associated with proximal muscle weakness as well as suboptimal muscle performance and strength.
The study has been published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
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Calcium and Vitamin Supplements - Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets. Sunlight helps synthesize a precursor of vitamin D that is found in various food items.
Vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets. Sunlight helps synthesize a precursor of vitamin D that is found in various food items.
