Higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in German pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-51

  Gellert, Sandra ^a   Ströhle, Alexander ^a   Bitterlich, Norman ^b   Hahn, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Medizin and Service GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

25(OH)D; Germany; Pregnancy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; GERMANY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85019585236     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-017-4398-5     Document Type: Article

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