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The Association between Maternal Vitamin D Status in Gestation and Pre-Eclampsia
| Arsala L, Silva Costa FD and Murthi P* | |
| Department of Perinatal Medicine, Pregnancy Research Centre and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women’s Hospital Parkville VIC 3052, Australia | |
| Corresponding Author : | Padma Murthi NorthWest Academic Centre The University of Melbourne St Albans, Victoria 3021, Australia Tel: 61383958075 E-mail: padma@unimelb.edu.au |
| Received July 14, 2014; Accepted August 14, 2014; Published August 14, 2014 | |
| Citation: Arsala L, Silva Costa FD, Murthi P, (2014) The Association between Maternal Vitamin D Status in Gestation and Pre-Eclampsia. J Preg Child Health 1:107. doi: 10.4172/2376-127X.1000107 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Arsala L et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Preeclampsia is a complex and life threatening pregnancy disorder is mojor cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that low vitamin D is associated with the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. As such, identification of the mechanisms behind this relationship and placental vascular endothelial dysfunction presents itself as a significant modifiable disease risk factor, which if identified and managed appropriately, may make a significant impact in reducing the burden of disease.
