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Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size
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: Received: 12 September 2024 / Approved: 13 September 2024 / Online: 13 September 2024 (11:37:33 CEST)
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Wierzejska, R. E.; Wojda, B.; Bomba-Opoń, D.; Rzucidło-Szymańska, I.; Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha, R.; Szymusik, I. Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size. Preprints2024, 2024091044. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1044.v1
Wierzejska, R. E.; Wojda, B.; Bomba-Opoń, D.; Rzucidło-Szymańska, I.; Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha, R.; Szymusik, I. Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size. Preprints 2024, 2024091044. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1044.v1
Wierzejska, R. E.; Wojda, B.; Bomba-Opoń, D.; Rzucidło-Szymańska, I.; Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha, R.; Szymusik, I. Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size. Preprints2024, 2024091044. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1044.v1
APA Style
Wierzejska, R. E., Wojda, B., Bomba-Opoń, D., Rzucidło-Szymańska, I., Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha, R., & Szymusik, I. (2024). Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1044.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Wierzejska, R. E., Robert Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha and Iwona Szymusik. 2024 "Vitamin D Supply of Twins during Fetal Life, Its Relation to Anthropometric Parameters of Newborns and the Analysis of Other Factors Related to Birth Size" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1044.v1
Abstract
Vitamin D deficiencies are very common in pregnant women, raising concerns about adverse health outcomes in children. This issue has hardly been studied in multiple pregnancies, the prevalence of which has been steadily increasing. Therefore, our study investigated the relationship between newborns’ anthropometric parameters and the concentration of 25(OH)D in maternal blood of women with twin pregnancies and umbilical cord blood. The study included 50 women who gave birth after the 36th week of twin gestation. 25(OH)D was determined in maternal blood collected during the antenatal period and in the umbilical cord blood of 100 newborns. Anthropometric parameters of the newborns (birth weight, length, head and chest circumference) were obtained from hospital records. Data on nutrition and lifestyle during pregnancy were collected from the patients during an interview conducted by a dietitian. No relationship between maternal and neonatal cord blood vitamin D concentrations and any of the anthropometric parameters of the newborns was found. However, only 6% of the mothers and 13% of the newborns had vitamin D deficiency (≤20 ng/mL). The type of pregnancy and maternal height were the main factors associated with neonatal size. Newborns from dichorionic pregnancies were on average 202 g heavier (p
Keywords
vitamin D concentration; twin pregnancy; umbilical cord blood; neonatal parameters
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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