[Vitamin D status in Gabonese children].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the status of vitamin D and the influence of a supplement of vitamin D in neonates and infants during the first 6 months of life in the african equatorial environnement of Gabon.


METHODS
Clinical (weight, height, head circumference, and diseases) and biological (calcemia, phosphatemia, serum alkaline phosphatase activity and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels) parameters were compared between 2 groups of children: group 1: 41 infants receving a daily supplement of 1000 IU of vitamin D, and group 2: 38 infants without vitamin D supplement.


RESULTS
No significant differences were observed between the 2 groups concerning clinical and biological parameters. In particular plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were normal and similar in both groups.


CONCLUSIONS
A vitamin D supplement appears to be useless in 0 to 6 months infants living in Gabon.
Nguema-Asseko
B
B
Laboratoire de biochimie de la faculté de médecine de Libreville, Gabon.
Ganga-Zandzou
P S
PS
Ovono
F
F
Lendoye
E
E
Lemamy
G J
GJ
Akendengue
B
B
Milama
E Ngou
EN
D002657:Child Development; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood
D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D