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Trial reportThe Journal of nutrition2021

Basal Vitamin D Status and Supplement Dose Are Primary Contributors to Maternal 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Response to Prenatal and Postpartum Cholecalciferol Supplementation.

Benjamin Levy, Karen M O'Callaghan, Huma Qamar, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Alison D Gernand, M Munirul Islam, Daniel E Roth

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The Journal of nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Benjamin LevyCentre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Karen M O'CallaghanCentre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Huma QamarCentre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5646-8548
Abdullah Al MahmudNutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Alison D GernandDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5661-7785
M Munirul IslamNutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Daniel E RothCentre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7742-0925
Hospital for Sick Children · CAInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDPennsylvania State University · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVariability in the 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] response to prenatal and postpartum vitamin D supplementation is an important consideration for establishing vitamin D deficiency prevention regimens.

objectivesWe aimed to examine interindividual variation in maternal and infant 25(OH)D following maternal vitamin D supplementation.

methodsIn a randomized trial of maternal vitamin D supplementation (Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth Trial), healthy pregnant women (n = 1300) received a prenatal cholecalciferol (vitamin D-3) dose of 0, 4200, 16,800, or 28,000 IU/wk from 17 to 24 wk of gestation followed by placebo to 6 mo postpartum. A fifth group received 28,000 IU cholecalciferol/wk both prenatally and postpartum. In a subset of participants, associations of 25(OH)D with hypothesized explanatory factors were estimated in women at delivery (n = 655) and 6 mo postpartum (n = 566), and in their infants at birth (n = 502) and 6 mo of age (n = 215). Base models included initial 25(OH)D and supplemental vitamin D dose. Multivariable models were extended to include other individual characteristics and specimen-related factors. The model coefficient of determination (R2) was used to express the percentage of total variance explained.

resultsSupplemental vitamin D intake and initial 25(OH)D accounted for the majority of variance in maternal 25(OH)D at delivery and postpartum (R2 = 70% and 79%, respectively). Additional characteristics, including BMI, contributed negligibly to remaining variance (<5% increase in R2). Variance in neonatal 25(OH)D was explained mostly by maternal delivery 25(OH)D and prenatal vitamin D intake (R2 = 82%). Variance in 25(OH)D in later infancy could only partly be explained by numerous biological, sociodemographic, and laboratory-related characteristics, including feeding practices (R2 = 43%).

conclusionsPresupplementation 25(OH)D and vitamin D supplemental dose are the major determinants of the response to maternal prenatal vitamin D intake. Vitamin D dosing regimens to prevent maternal and infant vitamin D deficiency should take into consideration the mean 25(OH)D concentration of the target population.

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CholecalciferolVitamin D DeficiencyDietary SupplementsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPostpartum PeriodPregnancyVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin DCholecalciferolVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin Ddose–responseinfancypregnancyrandomized controlled trialvitamin D

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