مستوى الكالسيوم في الدم لدى النساء الحوامل المستخدمات لمكملات الكالسيوم وفيتامين (د) والمكملات الطبيعية: دراسة مقطعية مقارنة

Abstract

Calcium is an important part of pregnancy because it helps with the mother's neuromuscular action, blood vessel tone, bone metabolism, and the formation of baby bones. Serum calcium levels that aren't normal during pregnancy could be caused by not getting enough vitamin D, not getting enough calcium-regulating hormones, having low albumin, or not getting enough calcium from food. This study looked at the levels of calcium in pregnant women's blood and compared the levels of abnormal calcium in women who took calcium-vitamin D pills and women who took natural supplements. Methods: Between December 2023 and May 2024, 60 expecting women were studied. They were split evenly into two groups: 30 women who took calcium-vitamin D supplements and 30 women who took natural supplements. Age, supplemental group, blood calcium value, and calcium state (normal or abnormal) were some of the variables that were looked at. We used grouped summary data and frequency tables to make descriptive and comparison figures. The average amount of calcium in the blood was 6.51 ± 1.37 in the group that took calcium and vitamin D and 6.73 ± 1.72 in the group that took natural supplements. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups (p = 0.586). 29 out of 30 women who took calcium-vitamin D supplements (96.7%) and 23 out of 30 women who took natural supplements (76.7%) had abnormal calcium levels (Fisher exact p = 0.052). In both treatment groups, there were a lot of cases of abnormal blood calcium levels. It was important to be careful when interpreting the numerically higher abnormal percentage among calcium-vitamin D users because the cross-sectional design can't prove cause and effect and several clinical, biochemical, food, and supplementation factors were not included in the dataset.