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Fig. 3. Maternal gestational diabetes in Latvia as percentage of deliveries
Source: Newborn register. Disease Prevention and Control Centre
Few studies have been conducted on vitamin and micronutrient deficiency in women of
reproductive age and during pregnancy in Latvia. The country is situated at a latitude with
significant potential for vitamin D deficiency during the winter months, and women of
reproductive age who do not take a vitamin D supplement have a 47% risk for deficiency during
the summer months and a 69% risk in the winter months. A study of iodine deficiency in
pregnant women reported that 81% of the expectant mothers took in less than the
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recommended level of iodine. Iron deficiency anaemia was established in 22.5% of pregnancies
in Latvia in 2014.
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