ABSTRACT
Background: Vitamin D Is important for maintenance of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis and bone mineralization. Vitamin D deficiency in the mothers has possible adverse effects on the fetus and contributes to low vitamin D in infancy
Objectives: To assess vitamin D status, calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphate in preterm infants and their mothers
Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 46 neonates, and their mothers
The study was conducted between July and December 2013. The following had been done for all patients: Full medical history and clinical examination for mothers and their neonates, Laboratory investigation: Maternal blood And cord blood samples were collected at Delivery to measure vitamin D [vit. D], Calcium [Ca], phosphorus [P] and alkaline phosphate [ALP]
Results: Maternal hypovitaminosis D [vitamin D [25 [OH] D] <10 ng//ML was found in 89.% of pregnant women at the time of delivery and neonatal hypovitaminosis D [vitamin D <10 ng//mL] was found in 93.5% of studied neonates
Maternal vit D did not correlate to maternal dietary vit D, but it correlated to cord blood vit D was correlated to cord blood vit D but not cord blood Ca, Phosphorus, or alkaline phosphates
Conclusion: Vitamin D levels in Egyptian mothers delivery is deficient and it correlates well to cord blood Vitamin D levels