Low Vitamin D Linked to Preeclampsia
A study has linked low vitamin D levels in mothers to a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, a serious complication in pregnancy which can lead to fetal death.
Preeclampsia is marked by soaring blood pressure and swelling of the hands and feet, and is the leading cause of premature delivery and maternal and fetal illness and death worldwide, thought to contribute to 76,000 deaths each year.
Low vitamin D early in pregnancy was associated with a five-fold increase in the odds of preeclampsia. Even a small decline in vitamin D concentration more than doubled the risk of preeclampsia.
View details on this vitamin D preeclampsia study.
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