ArticleNutrients2016
Vitamin Status among Breastfed Infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Article in Nutrients, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Vitamin B12 supplementation for growth, development, and cognition in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Infant vitamin B12 status and its predictors - cross-sectional baseline results from an ongoing randomized controlled trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- Daily supplementation of a multiple micronutrient powder improves folate but not thiamine, riboflavin, or vitamin BEuropean journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Cobalamin and folate status in women during early pregnancy in Bhaktapur, Nepal.Journal of nutritional science · 2021Trial
- Effects of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurodevelopment and growth in Nepalese Infants: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2020Trial
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- Does early vitamin BBMJ open · 2018Trial
- The effect of vitamin BTrials · 2017Trial
- Dietary Vitamin A Intake and Associated Factors Among Lactating Women in Wondo Genet District, Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Social withdrawal behaviour in Nepalese infants and the relationship with future neurodevelopment; a longitudinal cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Breastfeeding and biomarkers of folate and cobalamin status in Norwegian infants: a cross-sectional study.Journal of nutritional science · 2024Article
- Growth and Nutritional Biomarkers in Brazilian Infants with Cow's Milk Allergy at Diagnosis and 18-Month Follow-Up: A Prospective Cohort Study.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2023Article
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- The Feasibility of the Full and Modified Versions of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) and the Prevalence of Social Withdrawal in Infants in Nepal.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and their babies in Bhaktapur, Nepal.BMC nutrition · 2019Article
- The Association Between Heart Rate Variability and Neurocognitive and Socio-Emotional Development in Nepalese Infants.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Maternal and infant vitamin B12 status during infancy predict linear growth at 5 years.Pediatric research · 2018Article
- Severely inadequate micronutrient intake among children 9-24 months in Nepal-The MAL-ED birth cohort study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
- Vitamin D status is associated with treatment failure and duration of illness in Nepalese children with severe pneumonia.Pediatric research · 2017Article
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Abstract
Vitamin deficiencies are known to be common among infants residing in low- and middle-income countries but relatively few studies have assessed several biochemical parameters simultaneously. The objective of the study was to describe the status of vitamins (A, D, E, B₆, B12 and folate) in breastfed infants. We measured the plasma concentrations of trans retinol, 25 hydroxy vitamin D, α-tocopherol, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, cobalamin, folate, methylmalonic acid, homocysteine, hemoglobin and C-reactive protein from 467 randomly selected infants. One in five (22%) was deficient in at least one vitamin. Mean (SD) plasma folate concentration was 73 (35) nmol/L, and no infant in the sample was folate deficient. Vitamin B₆ deficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency was found in 22% and 17% of the infants, respectively. Elevated plasma methylmalonic acid or total homocysteine concentration was found in 82% and 62% of infants, respectively. Fifteen percent of infants were vitamin A deficient and 65% were marginally deficient in vitamin A. Fewer than 5% of infants had low plasma vitamin D concentration or vitamin E concentration (α-tocopherol <9.3 µmol/L). Our results illustrate the importance of continued supplementation campaigns and support the expansion of food fortification and dietary diversification programs that target children and women in Nepal.
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