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Risk factors for antenatal hypovitaminosis D in an urban district in Malaysia

Bukhary NBI 1 , Isa ZM 2 , Shamsuddin K 1 , Lin KG 3 , Mahdy ZA 4 , Hassan H 5 Show all authors , Yeop NSH 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. zms@ppukm.ukm.edu.my
  • 3 School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Petaling District Health Office, Wisma SAHOCA, No 1, Jalan SS 6/3A Kelana Jaya, 47301, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2016 07 13;16(1):156.
PMID: 27411716 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0939-3

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pregnant women form one of the high risk groups facing hypovitaminosis D. Low level of vitamin D will affect directly or indirectly both mother and fetus. Screening vitamin D in the first trimester of pregnancy is important to determine the necessary preventive action. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D and its risk factors among pregnant women in the first trimester.

METHODS: A cross sectional study was carried out among first trimester pregnant women during their first antenatal visit. Samples were taken from different ethnicities in an urban district in Malaysia. A total of 396 respondents (99 % response rate) aged 18-40 years completed self-administered and guided questionnaire (characteristics and risk factors), validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for vitamin D in Malaysia (FFQ vitamin D/My), anthropometric measures (weight and height), blood test for serum 25(OH)D, skin measurement using Mexameter (MX 18) and Fitzpatrick Skin Type Chart Measurement (FSTCM). Data were analyzed to determine the association between risk factors and hypovitaminosis D.

RESULTS: The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D (serum 25(OH)D 

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