CORRELATION BETWEEN CORD BLOOD VITAMIN D STATUS IN NEONATES AND THEIR MOTHERS AND EVALUATING NEONATAL OUTCOME

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the effect of maternal vitamin D status on the neonatal vitamin D stores, and to identify associations between neonatal levels of vitamin D and neonatal outcomes such as birth weight, length, head circumference, Apgar scores and the subsequent risk of neonatal sepsis

The study included 35 pregnant women with ages ranging from 20–40 years (29±4.7 years) selected randomly from the gynecology and obstetric department in Nasr City insurance Hospital from the period September 2015 till December 2015 after the exclusion of mothers with a history of intrapartum fever, thyroid and parathyroid diseases, diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, prenatal diagnosis of maternal chorioamnionitis, premature ruptures of membrane or vitamin D supplements during the current pregnancy ,deliveries outside the hospital, non-full-term babies < 37 weeks of gestational age, and neonates with any congenital anomalies.

In this cross-sectional study we found that ,there was a decrease trends across the categories of 25(OH)D3 found in un educated mothers with lower social class, high pre pregnancy BMI , multiparous living in urban areas and also there was a decrease trends of 25(OH)D3 levels found in :Low Apgar scores at both 1 and 5 minute ,low birth weight , short birth length and increase susceptibility to early onset neonatal sepsis.