{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]],"date-time":"2026-03-27T11:38:15Z","timestamp":1774611495882,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Medical Association","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Pak Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Abstract\r\nObjective: Vitamin D levels have shown significant geographical distribution, therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate its relationship to a specific geographic area with a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency to the important maternal manifestation of preeclampsia. This study established the association of vitamin D deficiency to preeclampsia among women of reproductive age.\r\nMethod: It is a retrospective case-control study done to measure serum vitamin D levels in pregnant women receiving care at the King Fahad Medical City Riyadh with preeclampsia (n=100) and normal pregnancy (controls, n=200) from 2012 to 2014. Odds of developing preeclampsia with vitamin D deficiency were calculated using logistic regression analysis.\r\nResults: The mean serum vitamin D level was 25.35?ng\/ml in controls and 15.95?ng\/ml in pre-eclampsia women. Comparing to those who had a serum vitamin D level of ?50?ng\/ml, the odds ratio of developing preeclampsia in women with vitamin D deficiency was 4.2 (95% CI=1.23-14.35) while adjusting for age, BMI and duration of pregnancy.\r\nConclusion: The risk of developing preeclampsia might increase by up to 4-fold in women with vitamin D deficiency. Since preeclampsia could lead to maternal and neonatal complications, vitamin D could be added during pregnancy to decrease these adverse consequences.\r\nKeywords: Vitamin D deficiency; preeclampsia; BMI; hypertension.\r\nContinuous...<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.47391\/jpma.600","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,6]],"date-time":"2020-10-06T15:05:41Z","timestamp":1601996741000},"page":"1-14","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Association of vitamin D deficiency to the risk of preeclampsia in Saudi Arabia"],"prefix":"10.47391","author":[{"family":"Aisha Mansoor Ali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Munazzah Rafique","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Zarqa Saleem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"26547","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,6]]},"container-title":["Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,18]],"date-time":"2020-10-18T15:47:34Z","timestamp":1603036054000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/ojs.jpma.org.pk\/index.php\/public_html\/article\/view\/1545"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,6]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.47391\/jpma.600","relation":{},"ISSN":["0030-9982"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0030-9982","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,6]]}}}