NCT02904720 - Prevalence and Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women in Switzerland | Crick | Crick

Prevalence and Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Women in Switzerland

N/ACompletedNCT02904720

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern1,199 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among the population of pregnant women receiving prenatal care and giving birth at the investigators' clinic. The further purposes are to identify the population at risk for vitamin D deficiency and to analyse whether vitamin D deficiency is associated with pregnancy complications.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,199

Conditions

Vitamin D Deficiency

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women attending prenatal care at our clinic who had a vitamin D blood-testing at admission Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women lost to follow-up, Birth outside our clinic

Locations (1)

University Hospital Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency

Number of patients with vitamin D deficiency after testing of vitamin D blood level at admission for prenatal care in our clinic

Time frame: Between the 1th and the 36th week of pregnancy

Secondary Outcomes

BMI as a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency

Presence of an association between the patient's BMI and their vitamin D blood level?

Time frame: Between the 1th and the 36th week of pregnancy

Ethnicity as a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency

Presence of an association between the patient's ethnicity and their vitamin D blood level?

Time frame: Between the 1th and the 36th week of pregnancy

Age as risk factor for vitamin D deficiency

Presence of an association between the patient's age and their vitamin D blood level ?

Time frame: Between the 1th and the 36th week of pregnancy

Period of the year as risk factor for vitamin D deficiency

Presence of an association between the period of the year at the time of the blood testing and the vitamin D blood level?

Time frame: Between the 1th and the 36th week of pregnancy

Smoking Status as risk factor for vitamin D deficiency

Presence of an association between the patient's smoking status and the vitamin D blood level ?

Time frame: Between the 1th and the 36th week of pregnancy

Association between vitamin D blood level and gestational diabetes mellitus

Presence of an association between the vitamin D blood level and the occurrence of gestational diabetes mellitus?

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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