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The Correlation between Serum Vitamin D Deficiency and Rate of Infertility in Iraqi Women
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RANA HATEM MATROOD, MOHAMMED HABEEB HACHIM, ALAQ SAEED ABDULHUSSAIN
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| Abstract:
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Background: Experimental and clinical studies suppose that vitamin D is essential for a number of processes
related to the reproductive system in either gender. Sufficient controversy about the role of vitamin D in
infertility justified the conduction of the current study.
Objective: This study was aimed to investigate the difference in serum vitamin D between two groups of
women, one with a history of infertility and the other group served as a normal fertile counterpart.
Materials and methods: The present case-control study included 100 infertile women and 100 normal
fertile women. It was carried out in Al-Diwaniya maternity teaching hospital, Al-Diwaniya province, Iraq.
Collection of data and data analysis extended from August 2016 until August 2017. Day 3 cycle serum follicle
stimulating hormone (FSH) and serum vitamin D was assessed for all women in both groups.
Results: Majority of study group and control group had vitamin D insufficiency, 89% and 86%, respectively;
however, mean serum vitamin D was significantly lower in the study group than in the control group, 20.76
±6.36 ng/ml versus 24.17 ±5.61ng/ml (P<0.001).
Conclusion: low serum vitamin D and vitamin D deficiency are significantly correlated in women with a
history of infertility
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Vitamin D; Folliculogenesis; Infertility; Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.328
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