Severe vitamin D deficiency in the first trimester is associated with placental inflammation in high-risk singleton pregnancy.
Clin Nutr. 2018 Jul 9. pii: S0261-5614(18)31197-X. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.978. [Epub ahead of print]
Zhang Q1, Chen H2, Wang Y1, Zhang C1, Tang Z1, Li H1, Huang X1, Ouyang F3, Huang H4, Liu Z5.
This study considered just those women who associated with high risk pregnancies
Not clear if associated determination was made before or after pregnancy
Vitamin D deficiency level is defined as <11 ng in text, but < 8 ng in chart
| Neonatal sepsis | Fetal intrauterine infection | |
| Placental Inflammation | 2.4 % | 15.6 % |
| No Placental Inflammation | 0.5 % | 5.7 % |
Note:
Typical vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy starts in middle of first trimester
It is unlikely that supplementation without loading dosing would provide much benefit during first trimester
See also VitaminDWiki
- Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D has the following charts
- Vitamin D needed by pregnant women and neonates (in developing countries now too - 2 tables) – May 2018
- Many groups of pregnant women are at high risk of being vitamin D deficient – Jan 2013 has the following chart
- Pregnancy needs at least 40 ng of vitamin D, achieved by at least 4,000 IU – Hollis Aug 2017
- 10,000 IU of vitamin D during pregnancy resulted in spectacular infant development – Coimbra April 2018
- Congenital Heart Disease is associated with gestational diabetes in first trimester (need Vitamin D and Omega-3 early) Dec 2017
Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary
Most were taking 2,000 to 7,000 IU daily for >50% of pregnancy
Click on hyperlinks for details
Problem | Vit. D Reduces | Evidence |
| 0. Chance of not conceiving | 3.4 times | Observe |
| 1. Miscarriage | 2.5 times | Observe |
| 2. Pre-eclampsia | 3.6 times | RCT |
| 3. Gestational Diabetes | 3 times | RCT |
| 4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality | 3.5 times | Observe |
| 5. Premature birth | 2 times | RCT |
| 6. C-section - unplanned | 1.6 times | Observe |
| Stillbirth - OMEGA-3 | 4 times | RCT - Omega-3 |
| 7. Depression AFTER pregnancy | 1.4 times | RCT |
| 8. Small for Gestational Age | 1.6 times | meta-analysis |
| 9. Infant height, weight, head size within normal limits | RCT | |
| 10. Childhood Wheezing | 1.3 times | RCT |
| 11. Additional child is Autistic | 4 times | Intervention |
| 12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis | 1.9 times | Observe |
| 13. Preeclampsia in young adult | 3.5 times | RCT |
| 14. Good motor skills @ age 3 | 1.4 times | Observe |
| 15. Childhood Mite allergy | 5 times | RCT |
| 16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits | 2.5 times | RCT |
RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial
- Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studieshas the following sections
Infants with sepsis have very low Vitamin D levels – Aug 2014
Neonatal Sepsis 4.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – June 2018
Neonates 1.7 X more likely to get Sepsis if low vitamin D, mothers had low levels as well - July 2018
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BACKGROUND & AIMS:
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is a worldwide epidemic. This study aimed to identify whether vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy is associated with placental inflammation in high-risk pregnancy.
METHODS:
This study comprised 23,396 women who provided serum samples in the first trimester for vitamin D analysis from January 2015 to December 2016. Among them, 2648 women with high-risk pregnancy underwent placental pathologic examination. Women were divided into placental inflammation positive (PIP) and placental inflammation negative (PIN) groups based on placental pathology. Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D levels and placental inflammation.
RESULTS:
We found that severe vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy was associated with placental inflammation. Maternal vitamin D levels were significantly lower in the PIP group than those in the PIN group (P = 0.025). Compared with the highest quartile of vitamin D levels, risk for placental inflammation was significantly higher in women with extremely low vitamin D levels (<5th percentile; P = 0.012). The effect estimate was slightly decreased but still significant (P = 0.027) after adjusting for maternal age, gestational age at birth, birth weight, infant sex, and sample collection season. In addition, compared with the PIN group, the incidences of adverse neonatal outcomes, including sepsis (0.5% vs 2.4%) and fetal intrauterine infection (5.7% vs 15.6%), were significantly higher in the PIP group than that in the PIN group (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Severe vitamin D deficiency in the first trimester is a risk factor for placental inflammation in high-risk pregnancy.