[현대건강신문] Taking vitamin D during pregnancy may help fetal growth and reduce pregnancy complications, a new study has found.
The research team participated by Lee Hyun-joo, manager of the fertility clinic at Seoul Medical Center, recently observed a group of women who were deficient in vitamin D and confirmed that premature rupture of the membranes can occur a lot during pregnancy.
Through this study, Manager Lee Hyun-joo actually confirmed the fact that premature amnion rupture, which can cause premature birth, occurred in a group with a low maternal blood vitamin D concentration during pregnancy, which was statistically significantly higher. It was found that the vitamin D concentrations were almost identical.
It has been confirmed that taking vitamin D during pregnancy helps reduce pregnancy complications and helps in the formation and growth of the fetus’ skeleton. It is expected.
Manager Lee Hyeon-joo said, “Last year, the domestic fertility rate recorded an all-time low of 0.81, and the infertility rate is also increasing as the marriage age increases. It will help,” he said. In addition, Manager Lee said that he plans to conduct research on infertility and risk factors evaluation of Seoul citizens in the future.
Meanwhile, the results of this study were published in the July issue of Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology, an SCI-level international academic journal, CEOG.
