Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in adolescents aged 14-18 y: a dose-response, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial

Taryn J Smith, Laura Tripkovic, Camilla Trab Damsgaard, Christian Mølgaard, Christian Ritz, Saskia L Wilson-Barnes, Kirsten G Dowling, Áine Hennessy, Kevin D. Cashman, Mairead Kiely, Susan A Lanham-New, Kathryn H Hart

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Abstract

Background: Adolescents are a population group at high risk of low Vitamin D status, yet the evidence base for establishing dietary Vitamin D requirements remains weak. Objective: The aim was to establish the distribution of Vitamin D intakes required to maintain serum 25-hydroxyVitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations above proposed cutoffs (25, 30, 40, and 50 nmol/L) during winter in white males and females (14-18 y of age) in the United Kingdom (518N). Design: In a dose-response trial, 110 adolescents (aged 15.9 6 1.4 y; 43% males) were randomly assigned to receive 0, 10, or 20 mg Vitamin D3 supplements/d for 20 wk during winter. A nonlinear regression model was fit to total Vitamin D intake and postintervention serum 25(OH)D concentrations, and regression-predicted values estimated the Vitamin D intakes required to maintain serum 25(OH)D concentrations above specific cutoffs. Results: Mean 6 SD serum 25(OH)D concentrations increased from 49.2 6 12.0 to 56.6 6 12.4 nmol/L and from 51.7 6 13.4 to 63.9 6 10.6 nmol/L in the 10-and 20-mg/d groups, respectively, and decreased in the placebo group from 46.8 6 11.4 to 30.7 6 8.6 nmol/L (all P # 0.001). Vitamin D intakes required to maintain 25(OH)D concentrations .25 and .30 nmol/L in 97.5% of adolescents were estimated to be 10.1 and 13.1 mg/d, respectively, and 6.6 mg/d to maintain 50% of adolescents at concentrations .40 nmol/L. Because the response of 25(OH)D reached a plateau at 46 nmol/L, there is uncertainty in estimating the Vitamin D intake required to maintain 25(OH)D concentrations.50 nmol/L in 97.5% of adolescents, but it exceeded 30 mg/d. Conclusion: Vitamin D intakes between 10 and w30 mg/d are required by white adolescents during winter to maintain serum 25(OH)D concentrations .25-50 nmol/L, depending on the serum 25(OH)D threshold chosen.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume104
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)1301-1309
Number of pages9
ISSN0002-9165
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2016

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Adolecents
  • Dose-response randomized controlled trial
  • Recommendations
  • Requirements
  • Vitamin D

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