There are few studies on the vitamin D status in preeclamptic women. The objective of this case-control study was to determine vitamin D status, in preeclamptic women and compare it with that of healthy pregnant controls.Forty preeclamptic women, aged 18 to 45yr and forty age- and pregnancy weight-matched healthy controls participated in the study. Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were measured and its levels of <10, 10-30, 30-90 and >90 nanogram per milliliter (ng/ml) were considered as vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency, sufficiency, and toxicity, respectively.Sixty and forty percent of preeclamptic women were vitamin D deficient and insufficient, while in the control group they were 10

作者：Bita, Sadin；Bahram, Pourghassem Gargari；Fatemeh, Pourteymour Fard Tabrizi

来源：Health promotion perspectives 2015 年 5卷 3期