Maternal and umbilical cord 25(OH)D levels at delivery and identification of factors affecting the correlation: a prospective observational study from a northern Emirate.

Magnus Jutell MS¹, Maria Lindstrom Bagge MD, PhD², Shakura Bhat MD², Per-Erik Isberg MSc³, Nana Wiberg, MD, Assoc Professor^2,4

¹ Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

²Sheikh Khalifa Hospital, Women and Children, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.

³Department of Statistics, Lund University, Sweden.

⁴Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Sweden.

Corresponding author:

Nana Wiberg

Rabygatan 46, 21613 Limhamn, Sweden

Tlf: +46 704937350

Nana.wiberg@med.lu.se

Running title: 25(OH)D in maternal and umbilical cord blood.