AVAILABILITY OF VITAMIN D IN FULL-TERM LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE NEWBORNS
The aim is to assess vitamin D sufficiency in large for gestational age full-term babies born to mothers with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and without DM. 198 children were examined with the allocation of 4 observation groups. It was found that the levels of vitamin D in children of the examined groups were statistically significantly lower than in the control group (p<sub>1-4</sub>=0.0004, p<sub>2-4</sub><0.0001, p<sub>3-4</sub><0.0001).In large for gestational age newborns, a significantly lower supply of vitamin D was revealed compared to infants in the control group. Monitoring of vitamin D supply is an important element of the complex management of patients in the neonatal period in order to prevent and correct its deficiency. The obtained data substantiate the expediency of adequate supplementation of pregnant women with vitamin D preparations.