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The aim of this study was to investigate whether low maternal vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk of placental abruption in pregnancies considered otherwise low-risk. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 248 pregnant women who were admitted for delivery at a public hospital in Athens, Greece. Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] were measured upon admission. Levels below 30 ng\/mL were classified as insufficient. Although this threshold corresponds to insufficiency according to the Endocrine Society, for the purposes of this study, levels &lt; 30 ng\/mL were treated as indicative of vitamin D deficiency in order to capture broader physiological implications. Cases of placental abruption were identified based on obstetric history and clinical documentation at the time of delivery. A Chi-square test was used to assess the association between vitamin D status and placental abruption, and a multivariate logistic regression model was applied to control for potential confounders, including hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, smoking, and preterm birth. The potential role of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy was also explored as part of the analysis. Results: Our analysis revealed that women with VDD had a significantly higher incidence of placental abruption (p &lt; 0.05). In the multivariate model, VDD remained an independent risk factor (adjusted OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.1\u20139.6). Additional risk factors that showed significant associations with placental abruption included pregnancy-induced hypertension and maternal smoking. Conclusions: These findings support the hypothesis that insufficient maternal vitamin D levels may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including placental abruption. Further prospective studies are warranted to clarify the causal mechanisms and to evaluate whether early detection and correction of vitamin D deficiency could serve as a preventive strategy in prenatal care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/clinpract15060102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,27]],"date-time":"2025-05-27T03:34:46Z","timestamp":1748316886000},"page":"102","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency and the Risk of Placental Abruption: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Greek Obstetric Population"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1306-4815","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Artemisia","family":"Kokkinari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4494-3089","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Evangelia","family":"Antoniou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7458-7500","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eirini","family":"Orovou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 54636 Kozani, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4871-999X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Dagla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6051-0860","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Tzitiridou-Chatzopoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 54636 Kozani, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3316-8566","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antigoni","family":"Sarantaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kleanthi","family":"Gourounti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8958-1248","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Georgios","family":"Iatrakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, School of Health & Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"647","DOI":"10.1111\/mcn.12210","article-title":"Global summary of maternal and newborn vitamin D status\u2014A systematic review","volume":"12","author":"Saraf","year":"2016","journal-title":"Mater. 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