Effect of pre-conception serum vitamin D level on pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization with fresh embryo transfer: a retrospective analysis.
Aaron H Y Chan, Jennifer K Y Ko, Raymond H W Li, Tat On Chan, Ernest H Y Ng
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Abstract
Background: This study aims to investigate the association of pre-conception vitamin D levels on adverse pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization with fresh embryo transfer.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study using archived serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D measured in the pre-conception period before ovarian stimulation in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization with fresh autologous embryo transfer. A total of 306 women were included and adverse pregnancy outcomes in their resulting pregnancy were recorded. Patients who were vitamin D deficient (< 20ng/ml) were compared with those who were non-deficient (≥20ng/ml) and analysed for any association with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Results: A total of 16/306 (5.3%) patients had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (gestational hypertension and/or pre-eclampsia). The adjusted odds ratio for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy using vitamin D deficiency as a reference was 0.190 (95% CI 0.042-0.852) (p = 0.030). Other pregnancy complications were not significantly different with regards to pre-conception vitamin D status.
Conclusions: Pre-conception vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in women undergoing in vitro fertilization with fresh embryo transfer.
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology publishes and disseminates high-quality results from excellent research in the reproductive sciences.
The journal publishes on topics covering gametogenesis, fertilization, early embryonic development, embryo-uterus interaction, reproductive development, pregnancy, uterine biology, endocrinology of reproduction, control of reproduction, reproductive immunology, neuroendocrinology, and veterinary and human reproductive medicine, including all vertebrate species.