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2010 Aug 19. [Epub ahead of print]

A Treatment Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation in Breast-fed Infants: Universal Supplementation Is Not Necessary for Rickets Prevention in Southern Louisiana.
Ponnapakkam TP, Bradford E, Gensure R.

Abstract
This study was conducted to determine if vitamin D supplementation is required to prevent rickets in breast-fed infants. Breast-feeding rates are increasing, and there are concerns about whether the vitamin D content of breast milk is sufficient. There are a few treatment trials of vitamin D supplementation in breast-fed infants; these were conducted in northern climates. The authors therefore performed a prospective clinical trial comparing vitamin D supplementation with placebo as control in southern Louisiana. Blood samples and questionnaires were collected at birth, 2, 4, and 6 months of age. There were no cases of rickets observed, and no differences in alkaline phosphatase levels between groups. Thus, there was no evidence that vitamin D supplementation reduced rickets risk in the authors' study population. This suggests that the current recommendations for universal vitamin D supplementation of breast-fed infants throughout the United States may need to be revised.

PMID: 20724336 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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