No Preeclampsia during pregnancy if more than 60 ng of vitamin D – RCT
Update Risk of preeclampsia should drop to nearly zero at 60 ng of Vitamin D – July 2022
40-150 ng of Vitamin D need to treat various health problems
{include}
From Grassroots Health Newsletter March 2017
What effect might vitamin D have on hypertensive disorders during pregnancy?
Data from two clinical trials demonstrate a reduction in hypertensive pregnancy disorders with an increased vitamin D level ( Wagner CL et al., Health characteristics and outcomes of two randomized vitamin D supplementation trials during pregnancy: a combined analysis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2013 Jul;136:313-20 .).
Among 505 pregnant women, there was a 56% reduction in risk of a hypertensive disorder at 40 ng/ml and a 65% risk reduction at 50 ng/ml.
22 participants (4%) were diagnosed with a hypertensive pregnancy disorder; 18 were diagnosed with hypertension and 5 were diagnosed with preeclampsia (1 was diagnosed with both).
Among those diagnosed with a hypertensive pregnancy disorder, 73% had final 25(OH)D values below 40 ng/ml.
For preeclampsia specifically, all five were below 40 ng/ml.
There were no cases of hypertensive disorders among women with vitamin D serum levels above 60 ng/ml.
VitaminDWiki pages containing PREECLAMPSIA in title
{LIST()}
Title change made July 2021 caused the visitor count to reset.
There have actually been visitors to this page since it was originally made