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ArticleJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2020

The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Improving Glycaemic Control in Diabetic Vitamin D-Deficient Pregnant Women: A Single-Blinded Randomized Control Trial.

R V Bhavya Swetha, Rajnish Samal, Carolin Elizabeth George

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Article in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R V Bhavya Swetha1Department of OBGY, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka 560024 India.ORCID 0000-0002-7713-3202
Rajnish Samal1Department of OBGY, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka 560024 India.
Carolin Elizabeth George2Department of Community Medicine, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka 560024 India.
Bangalore Baptist Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGestational diabetes mellitus is one of the most common conditions complicating pregnancy. Vitamin D deficiency is closely associated with gestational diabetes mellitus.

objectivesTo study the effect of vitamin D supplementation on diabetic pregnant women with vitamin D deficiency.

methodsThis randomized controlled study was conducted with 100 diabetic pregnant women. They were randomized into group A and group B. Group A were screened for vitamin D deficiency once diagnosed with GDM of which 40 were found to be deficient and allotted to group D (

resultsThere was a significant increase in the mean insulin and metformin requirements in both the supplemented and control groups. Vitamin D supplementation did not improve the glycaemic control in diabetic pregnant women.

conclusionVitamin D supplementation did not decrease insulin resistance or improve the glycaemic control in diabetic pregnant women with vitamin D deficiency.

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Gestational diabetes mellitusGlycaemic controlNeonatal outcomesVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D supplementation

Identifiers

PMID32255949
PMCPMC7109204
OpenAlexW2996222639

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