Background: After 20 weeks of pregnancy, preeclampsia is a state marked by hypertension and proteinuria. affecting 2-8% pregnancy worldwide and is the major cause of maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality.
Aim of the study: The researchers wanted to see if vitamin D insufficiency is more common in preeclamptic women than in normotensive pregnant women.
Patients and methods: This research involved 90 pregnant women. Obstetrics and Gynecology and Clinical Pathology Departments of Bab-Elshaeria University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, and Galaa Teaching Hospital collaborated in the study.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference in vitamin content between the two groups. D in PET group and normal group with p-value = 0.073; also the table shows that the percentage of patients with The normal group had a higher optimal level (33.3%) than the PET group (15.6%), with a significant difference between the two groups.
Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency and its mechanism of development is correlated to the slowly progression of preeclampsia and needs to be subjected to more research. In terms of vitamin D deficiency, there was no statistically significant difference between the normal and PET groups.