Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) concentrations with maternal sex steroids and IGF-1 hormones during pregnancyShow others and affiliations
2011 (English)In: Cancer Causes and Control, ISSN 0957-5243, E-ISSN 1573-7225, Vol. 22, no 6, p. 925-928Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D may influence circulating levels of sex steroid hormones in women during reproductive life, but associations in pregnant women have not been explored.
METHODS: Correlation and linear regression models were used to assess the association between sex steroids, (estradiol, progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone, and androstenedione), IGF-1, and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) concentrations during the first trimester of pregnancy in 106 cancer-free women from the Finnish Maternity Cohort.
RESULTS: There was no significant association of serum 25-OHD with any of the hormones measured. One-unit increase in serum 25-OHD concentration was associated with a non-significant 6% increase in estradiol concentrations. Multiparous women had higher levels of vitamin D (40.4 vs. 32.9 nmol/L, p-value = 0.01) than primiparous women.
CONCLUSION: Our study does not support an association between maternal serum 25-OHD levels and sex steroids or IGF-I concentrations during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Netherlands, 2011. Vol. 22, no 6, p. 925-928
Keywords [en]
Acupuncture, exercise, hemostatic factor, insulin resistance, adipocyte size, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-57944DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9752-5PubMedID: 21387179Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-79956286965OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-57944DiVA, id: diva2:545988
2012-08-222012-08-212023-03-23Bibliographically approved