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GYNECOLOGIC: Vitamin D Deficiency, Bacterial Vaginosis, Study

From: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 May 2009 09:21:21 -0500 (CDT)


Black Women More Likely To Have Vitamin D Deficiency, Bacterial Vaginosis, Study Finds

Black women are nearly three times as likely as white women to have a vitamin D deficiency, which is linked with an increased risk of the vaginal infection bacterial vaginosis, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nutrition.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151689.php

Reference:

Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis in the First Trimester of Pregnancy1,Lisa M. Bodnar3–5*, Marijane A. Krohn3–5 and Hyagriv N. Simhan4,5

Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; 4 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; and 5 Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/139/6/1157?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&author1=bodnar&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&ESULTFORMAT=1&author1=bodnar&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT

Best Regards, Hope Waltman, WHF Moderator

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