Comparison of the levels of 25(OH) vitamin D3 in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and normoglycemic pregnant women.

What It Covers

This meta-analysis looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a public health problem that currently affects a large part of the female population and has short- and long-term consequences for the fetus and the mother.

In recent years while exploring the etiological factors responsible for the emergence of insulin resistance particularly that of transient nature, vitamin D has emerged as one of the possible factors.

Who the Included Studies Covered

PubMed tags the participants as women only.

This study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital (ELMCH), Lucknow from December 2018 to November 2020 The present study was an analytical case-control study, in which a total of 30 pregnant women in 24-28 weeks of gestation diagnosed as GDM using Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group criteria were enrolled as cases while another 30 pregnant women in same gestational age range with normoglycemic profile were enrolled as controls.

How the Review Was Done

The 25(OH)D levels were assessed by the chemiluminecence immunoassay.

The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) Version 21.0.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Calcifediol, Case-Control Studies, Diabetes, Gestational, Observational Studies as Topic, Pregnant People, Vitamin D and Vitamin D Deficiency.

The authors tagged it with the keywords DIPSI and GDM.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a meta-analysis of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 3 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2021 (The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research), a journal based in Australia.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.