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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Family and Reproductive Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Family and Reproductive Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-8949</Issn>
      <Volume>13</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>01</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Relationship Between Serum Vitamin D Level and Ectopic Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study</title>
    <FirstPage>167</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>172</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sahhaf</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Women&#x2019;s Reproductive Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Somaiyeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Saiyar-Sarai</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Women&#x2019;s Reproductive Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Piri</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital (OUH), Odense, Denmark</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sahar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mohammadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Medical Philosophy and History Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Department of Emergency Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Naghavi-Behzad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Students Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>08</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Objective: To compare the difference in Vitamin D level between women with ectopic pregnancy and control group.
Materials and methods: In the present case-control study, 150 patients with ectopic pregnancy were included as case group and 150 women with normal pregnancy as a control group. Then, serum vitamin D levels were measured in both groups and they were then compared with each other. P less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The mean age in ectopic pregnancy group was 28.12 &#xB1; 5.91 and 27.35 &#xB1; 6.21 years old in control group; the difference between two groups was not statistically significant (p = 0.43). The vitamin D level in control group was higher than that of ectopic pregnancy group (p = 0.002). Of all patients, 182 patients (60.66%) had vitamin D deficiency and 64 patients (21.33%) had vitamin D insufficiency.
Conclusion: Serum vitamin D level among patients with ectopic pregnancy was statistically lower than women with normal pregnancy.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1112</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/1112/495</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
