NCT02147327

Effects of Cord Blood 25-hydroxy-vitamin D Level on Early Neonatal Morbidities

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Minutes
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is a prohormone and its active form is 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol. This hormone has effect on both calcium, phosphorus and bone metabolism and also bone morrow, muscle, heart and immune system. For a long time, maternal low vitamin D level is a well known problem for our country and the level was reported as \<10 ng/ml for 46-80% of mothers.The most prominent risk factor was determined as low socioeconomic status. Therefore, the level of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D is supposed to be in relation with several neonatal morbidities and maternal complications of pregnancy.

Conditions

• Neonatal Hypocalcemia
• Neonatal Sepsis

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-05-01
• First posted: 2014-05-26
• Last updated: 2014-05-29