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However, vitamin D deficiency is a reality in tropical countries, despite enjoying enough sunlight, especially bearing women in their last trimester whose foetuses exclusively depend on their reserves. This work aimed at demonstrating the state of vitamin D in mother\u2013baby pairs and associated factors in one of the University Hospitals in Rwanda.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This cross-sectional prospective study was performed on mother\u2013baby pairs at Kigali University Hospital. Mother\u2019s serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were considered as outcomes compared with demographic, clinical and biological markers. Correlation analysis was conducted in order to assess the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels for the couple mothers\u2013babies.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Approximately 38% of women and 65% of neonates had deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D (&amp;lt;20\u2009ng\/ml). The use of a vitamin D rich diet within 24 h recall (p\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) or 1 week recall (p\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) before delivery was associated with appropriate vitamin D levels in mothers. Interestingly, a strong positive correlation was found between maternal and neonatal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (r\u2009=\u20090.760).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>There was a high rate of vitamin D deficiency in mothers and their babies. Babies born from women with deficiency were likely to develop low levels of vitamin D. This stresses on the need to strengthen the interventions for preventing vitamin D deficiency in the couple mothers\u2013babies such as supplement in vitamin D before and after delivery, improving the quality of meals and regular contact with sunlight.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/tropej\/fmab024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,31]],"date-time":"2021-03-31T19:13:40Z","timestamp":1617218020000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Vitamin D Levels in Mother\u2013Baby Pairs: A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study in a Rwandan Tertiary Hospital"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"67","author":[{"given":"Florent","family":"Rutagarama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, Rwanda Military Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda"},{"name":"College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raymond","family":"Muganga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katja","family":"Konrad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine, University of Cologne, Elisabeth-Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raissa","family":"Teteli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Muhammed","family":"Semakula","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Innovation Division, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aimable","family":"Musafili","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Butare University Teaching Hospital, Butare, Rwanda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Laigong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5308-3706","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leon","family":"Mutesa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,2]]},"reference":[{"year":"2020","author":"National Institute of Health, office of Dietary supplement. 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