ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the vitamin D3 deficiency and insufficiency in pregnant women.

Subject and Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was performed at Obstetrics and Gynecology department of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi from January 2021 to December 2022. A total of 114 women reporting to antenatal wards in their third trimester of pregnancy having age range of 18 to 45years were included. All the information was collected via study proforma

Results: A total of 114 pregnant subjects were studied. Most of the patients were in age range of 21 to 30 years (57.89%). Majority of subjects were either obese (44.73%) or overweight (35.96%). Majority of subjects were having insufficient (43.85%) and deficient (28.94%) levels of vitamin D3.

Conclusion: maternal Vitamin D3 was highly mostly insufficient and deficient in most of the subjects in our part our world

Key Words: Maternal, Vitamin D3, Deficiency, Insufficiency.