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. 2016 Mar 15;2016:7474192. doi: 10.1155/2016/7474192

Table 2.

25(OH)D levels for prenatal 25(OH)D and cord blood 25(OH)D. Values are in ng/mL.

N Prenatal Cord
Mean (SD) Range Mean (SD) Range
Baby is Black 175 20.1 (10.3) 2.5–49.9 9.1 (6.6) 2.5–47.5
Baby is White 66 32.9 (10.8) 13.1–64.9 15.6 (7.2) 2.5–28.7

Baby is firstborn 45 27.7 (11.6) 2.5–51.3 13.2 (6.8) 2.5–28.2
Baby is not firstborn 196 22.7 (11.8) 2.5–64.9 10.4 (7.4) 2.5–47.5

Winter birth 44 24.1 (12.2) 2.5–51.3 10.5 (7.4) 2.5–28.2
Nonwinter birth 197 23.5 (11.8) 2.5–64.9 11.0 (7.4) 2.5–47.5

Maternal prenatal 25(OH)D <40 ng/mL 218 21.3 (9.6) 2.5–39.5 9.8 (6.5) 2.5–47.5
Maternal prenatal 25(OH)D ≥40 ng/mL 23 46.1 (6.0) 40.3–64.9 21.9 (6.2) 2.5–28.7

Maternal prenatal 25(OH)D <20 ng/mL 95 12.2 (5.2) 2.5–19.8 6.0 (6.2) 2.5–47.5
Maternal prenatal 25(OH)D ≥20 ng/mL 146 31.0 (8.7) 20.1–64.9 14.1 (6.2) 2.5–28.7

Maternal prenatal 25(OH)D <15 ng/mL 60 9.2 (4.1) 2.5–14.8 5.7 (7.5) 2.5–47.5
Maternal prenatal 25(OH)D ≥15 ng/mL 181 28.4 (9.5) 15.2–64.9 12.6 (6.5) 2.5–28.7

Maternal BMI at 1st prenatal visit <30 kg/m2 126 26.8 (12.7) 2.5–64.9 12.1 (7.5) 2.5–35.9
Maternal BMI at 1st prenatal visit ≥30 kg/m2 109 20.0 (9.8) 2.5–50.2 9.9 (7.0) 2.5–47.5

Maternal BMI at 1st prenatal visit <35 kg/m2 170 25.8 (12.2) 2.5–64.9 11.8 (7.3) 2.5–35.9
Maternal BMI at 1st prenatal visit ≥35 kg/m2 65 18.1 (9.1) 2.5–42.2 9.1 (7.3) 2.5–47.5

Preterm birth (<37 weeks) 20 23.1 (14.6) 2.5–51.3 13.8 (9.5) 2.5–35.9
Full term birth (≥37 weeks) 218 23.5 (11.6) 2.5–64.9 10.6 (7.1) 2.5–47.5

Low birth weight (≤2500 g) 17 17.2 (10.5) 2.5–38.9 10.2 (8.1) 2.5–35.9
Not low birth weight (>2500 g) 207 24.0 (12.0) 2.5–64.9 10.9 (7.4) 2.5–47.5

Baby born vaginally 153 24.4 (12.8) 2.5–64.9 11.3 (7.4) 2.5–35.9
Baby born via c-section 88 22.3 (10.0) 2.5–51.3 10.3 (7.3) 2.5–47.5

Mother is atopic 144 22.9 (10.8) 2.5–58.1 11.1 (7.3) 2.5–47.5
Mother is not atopic 90 24.6 (13.6) 2.5–64.9 10.5 (7.6) 2.5–28.7

Indicates no statistically significant difference in 25(OH)D levels between those with and without that characteristic at that time point (p ≥ 0.05, Wilcoxon Rank Sum test).