Vitamin D deficiency in a healthy group of mothers and newborn infants.
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.
Lee
Joyce M
JM
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0456, USA. joyclee@med.umich.edu
Smith
Jessica R
JR
Philipp
Barbara L
BL
Chen
Tai C
TC
Mathieu
Jeffrey
J
Holick
Michael F
MF
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