Publications by authors named "Javier Baranda"
The main source of vitamin D results from skin sunlight exposure. Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is linked to several adverse events during pregnancy. While performing a cross-sectional study with 886 pregnant women in Elda (Spain) from September 2019 to July 2020 to determine the association of VDD with gestational diabetes mellitus in relation to body mass index, a strict lockdown (SL) due to the COVID-19 pandemic was declared from 15 March 2020 to 15 May 2020.
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- The study investigated the relationship between vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women, focusing on whether VDD is linked to GDM independently of body mass index (BMI).
- The research involved a cross-sectional analysis of 886 pregnant women in Spain, finding a GDM prevalence of 10.5% and a VDD prevalence of 55.5%.
- Results indicated that while both VDD and obesity were initially linked to GDM, only VDD remained statistically significant when adjusted for BMI, suggesting a direct association that merits further longitudinal research for causal insights.