Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access

Effect of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women attending local clinics in Nairobi

8^th International Conference on Reproductive Health, Embryology and Fertility

July 11, 2023 | Webinar

Mazaher Jaffer

Mount Kenya University, Kenya

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Gynecol Obstet

Abstract :

A pandemic in the name of vitamin D deficiency has been generally labelled as people who have serum vitamin D levels below 30 ng/ml. We have found that levels below 60 ng/ml have been implicated in symptoms that resolve upon supplementation. In pregnancy, levels below 60 ng/ml would proportionately increase the risk of spontaneous abortion and poor fetal growth. It would also be strongly associated with poor progesterone level progression in early pregnancy in 60% of the population, with a much higher likelihood of experiencing APH. Deficiency was more prevalent in cases multiparity and in mothers with younger age. Ethnicity of mothers seemed not to play a large role in the prevalence of deficiency, though the Asian ethnicity was slightly more at risk of the deficiency than African ethnicity.

Biography :

Mazaher Jaffer is Associate prof. Clinical medicine, Mount Kenya University, Nairobi Campus, MKU Towers, Moi Ave, Nairobi, Kenya.