What is it about?
Serum vitamin D levels are related to not only bone health but also insulin homeostasis. We have shown that lower serum vitamin D levels during second trimester were related to development of gestational diabetes mellitus.
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Why is it important?
Gestational diabetes mellitus have negative health outcomes for both fetus and pregnant. If health care professionals evaluate the serum vitamin D levels during early pregnancy and treat them, it is possible to obtain positive results in terms of both pregnant and newborn health.
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This page is a summary of: Lower vitamin D levels during the second trimester are associated with developing gestational diabetes mellitus: an observational cross-sectional study, Gynecological Endocrinology, January 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2018.1548593.
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