title: Vitamin D deficiency in a healthy group of mothers and newborn infants.
abstract: Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured in 40 healthy, mostly Black, mother-infant pairs. Although a majority of mothers received a daily prenatal multivitamin, vitamin D deficiency (<30 nmol/L), was found in 50% of mothers and 65% of their newborn infants, with a positive correlation between maternal and infant plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations. Maternal vitamin D deficiency may represent an important risk factor for the development of rickets in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0456, USA. joyclee@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Joyce M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jessica R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Philipp
authors.forename: Tai C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mathieu
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Holick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data