Use of vitamin D supplements during infancy in an international feeding trial.
Public Health Nutr
; 17(4): 810-22, 2014 Apr.
Article
em En
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| ID: mdl-23795865
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the use of vitamin D supplements during infancy among the participants in an international infant feeding trial.DESIGN:
Longitudinal study.SETTING:
Information about vitamin D supplementation was collected through a validated FFQ at the age of 2 weeks and monthly between the ages of 1 month and 6 months.SUBJECTS:
Infants (n 2159) with a biological family member affected by type 1 diabetes and with increased human leucocyte antigen-conferred susceptibility to type 1 diabetes from twelve European countries, the USA, Canada and Australia.RESULTS:
Daily use of vitamin D supplements was common during the first 6 months of life in Northern and Central Europe (>80% of the infants), with somewhat lower rates observed in Southern Europe (> 60%). In Canada, vitamin D supplementation was more common among exclusively breast-fed than other infants (e.g., 71% v. 44% at 6 months of age). Less than 2% of infants in the U.S.A. and Australia received any vitamin D supplementation. Higher gestational age, older maternal age and longer maternal education were study-wide associated with greater use of vitamin D supplements.CONCLUSIONS:
Most of the infants received vitamin D supplements during the first 6 months of life in the European countries, whereas in Canada only half and in the U.S.A. and Australia very few were given supplementation.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina D
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Suplementos Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Public Health Nutr
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article