Bendall, Alexa, De Costa, Caroline, Woods, Cindy, and Howat, Paul (2012) Vitamin D levels in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Far North Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 52 (4). pp. 391-394.

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Abstract

Serum concentrations of vitamin D were measured in pregnant women booking for antenatal care in Cairns Base Hospital, Queensland. Of 116 women, none was found to be vitamin D deficient. With a threshold of 50 nmol/L, no woman demonstrated vitamin D insufficiency; with a threshold of 75 nmol/L, 6.9% would have mild insufficiency. Further investigation into vitamin D concentrations of women living in northern Australia is required before recommendations are made for universal vitamin D screening of all pregnant women in Australia.

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