Bendall Alexa, de Costa Caroline, Woods Cindy, Howat Paul
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2012 Aug;52(4):391-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01423.x. Epub 2012 Apr 11.
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.
