Journal of Clinical Care and Skills

en Relationship between Vitamin D and Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women: A Comparative Descriptive Study پژوهشی اصيل Original Research Aims: Pregnancy poisoning or preeclampsia is a serious and specific disorder of pregnancy that affects 8% of the pregnant women. Similar studies conducted in this regard showed disagreement about the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and preeclampsia. Hence, the present study was conducted to evaluate the serum level of vitamin D in preeclampsia patients hospitalized in the maternity ward compared to healthy pregnant women. Instruments & Methods: This descriptive comparative study was conducted on 180 pregnant women with a severe preeclampsia below the gestational age of 33 weeks and 200 non-preeclampsia pregnant women in Yasuj City from 2017 to 2019. Blood samples were taken from all subjects to measure vitamin D levels. The levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D were measured in the laboratory using the ELISA method. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Findings: There was no significant difference between the preeclampsia group and healthy pregnant women in terms of mean levels of vitamin D (p=0.49). Preeclamptic women with normal level of vitamin D and vitamin D deficiency showed no significant differences in the mean of uric acid, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and the number of previous pregnancies (p>0.05). Conclusion: There is no relationship between serum vitamin D3 levels and hypertensive conditions of pregnancy such as preeclampsia in pregnant women. Also, vitamin D3 levels are insufficient in both groups.   Preeclampsia,Vitamin D,Proteinuria,Uric Acid, 67 71 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-108-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 E. Masnavi 10031947532846005681 10031947532846005681 No Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran M. Hosseini 10031947532846005682 10031947532846005682 No Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran Sh.T. Aramesh 10031947532846005683 10031947532846005683 No Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran S. Hassanzadeh sajad.hassanzadeh@gmail.com 10031947532846005684 10031947532846005684 Yes Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran