Vitamin D deficiency and visceral adipose tissue in early pregnant women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Juliana Segatto¹  Ítalo Bacellar¹  Álvaro Pacheco¹  Eloíse Paixão¹  Francisco Bandeira²  Rosangela Cisneiros³  Marcelo Lima⁴  João Guilherme Alves⁴ 

[1] Division of Endocrinology and Radiology, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil;Division of Endocrinology, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, Brazil;Division of Endocrinology, University of Pernambuco Medical School, Recife, Brazil;Medicine School, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Avenida José de Sá Maniçoba, s/n, Centro, 56304-917, Petrolina, PE, Brazil;Division of Pediatrics and Radiology, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Recife, Brazil;

关键词: Visceral adipose tissue;    Vitamin D;    Pregnancy;    Ultrasound;    Obesity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-021-03888-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe aimed to assess the correlation between vitamin D serum level and visceral fat tissue during early pregnancy.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was performed in Pernambuco, Brazil. 190 low risk pregnant women (8–16 gestational weeks) were eligible. Visceral adipose tissue was measured by ultrasonography following the technique described by Armellini. The 25(OH) D in serum was determined through chemiluminescence. The Spearman correlation test was applied to evaluate the correlation between vitamin D serum level and VAT, considering p < 0.05 to be significant.ResultsVitamin D insufficiency was present in 129 (67.8 %) of subjects. Pregnant women with or without vitamin D deficiency did not differ in age, gestational age, nutritional status and visceral adipose tissue. No correlation between visceral adipose tissue and 25(OH) D was observed: − 0.057 (p = 0.435).ConclusionsMaternal visceral adipose tissue and vitamin D serum level are not correlated during pregnancy.

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