TY - JOUR ID - 125786 TI - Correlation between Serum Vitamin D and Calcium Levels in Missed Miscarriage JO - Archives of Razi Institute JA - ARI LA - en SN - 0365-3439 AU - Al-Rawaf, S. A AU - Mousa, E. T AU - Kamal Abdulhussein, F AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq AD - Doctor at Medical City, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Iraq Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 77 IS - 4 SP - 1349 EP - 1353 KW - Missed miscarriage KW - Serum calcium KW - Serum vitamin D DO - 10.22092/ari.2022.357400.2037 N2 - Pregnancy is considered physiological stress, during which a woman’s normal static metabolism becomes dynamic anabolism and significant changes are observed in biochemical factors. This study aimed to assess the relationship of serum vitamin D and calcium levels in a pregnant woman with a missed miscarriage. A comparison was performed among 160 women, including 80 females with missed miscarriage (as the study group) and 80 pregnant women (as the control group) in the first and second trimester of pregnancy (before the end of the 24th week of the pregnancy). The results of the comparison showed that there was an insignificant change in serum calcium, while there was a significant reduction in serum vitamin D (P≤0.05). It was also revealed that, in comparison to normal controls, there was a significant increase in the ratio of serum calcium/vitamin D ratio in cases of missed miscarriage (P≤0.05). Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the estimations of serum vitamin D and calcium/vitamin D ratio in certain pregnancies can be considered valuable parameters in predicting missed miscarriage. UR - https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_125786.html L1 - https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_125786_19bc6b34d440c55b32189e7565d1d571.pdf ER -