Use of vitamin D supplements during infancy in an international feeding trial

Eveliina Lehtonen; Anne Ormisson; Anita Nucci; David Cuthbertson; Susa Sorkio; Mila Hyytinen; Kirsi Alahuhta; Carol Berseth; Marja Salonen; Shayne Taback; Margaret Franciscus; Teba González-Frutos; Tuuli E Korhonen; Margaret L Lawson; Dorothy J Becker; Jeffrey P Krischer; Mikael Knip; Suvi M Virtanen; TRIGR Investigators; Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

doi:10.1017/S1368980013001122

Use of vitamin D supplements during infancy in an international feeding trial

Eveliina Lehtonen, Anne Ormisson, Anita Nucci, David Cuthbertson, Susa Sorkio, Mila Hyytinen, Kirsi Alahuhta, Carol Berseth, Marja Salonen, Shayne Taback, Margaret Franciscus, Teba González-Frutos, Tuuli E Korhonen, Margaret L Lawson, Dorothy J Becker, Jeffrey P Krischer, Mikael Knip, Suvi M Virtanen, TRIGR Investigators, Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the use of vitamin D supplements during infancy among the participants in an international infant feeding trial.

DESIGN: Longitudinal study.

SETTING: Information about vitamin D supplementation was collected through a validated FFQ at the age of 2 weeks and monthly between the ages of 1 month and 6 months.

SUBJECTS: Infants (n 2159) with a biological family member affected by type 1 diabetes and with increased human leucocyte antigen-conferred susceptibility to type 1 diabetes from twelve European countries, the USA, Canada and Australia.

RESULTS: Daily use of vitamin D supplements was common during the first 6 months of life in Northern and Central Europe (>80% of the infants), with somewhat lower rates observed in Southern Europe (> 60%). In Canada, vitamin D supplementation was more common among exclusively breast-fed than other infants (e.g., 71% v. 44% at 6 months of age). Less than 2% of infants in the U.S.A. and Australia received any vitamin D supplementation. Higher gestational age, older maternal age and longer maternal education were study-wide associated with greater use of vitamin D supplements.

CONCLUSIONS: Most of the infants received vitamin D supplements during the first 6 months of life in the European countries, whereas in Canada only half and in the U.S.A. and Australia very few were given supplementation.

Original language	English
Journal	Public Health Nutrition
Volume	17
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	810-22
Number of pages	13
ISSN	1368-9800
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013001122
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

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Lehtonen, E., Ormisson, A., Nucci, A., Cuthbertson, D., Sorkio, S., Hyytinen, M., Alahuhta, K., Berseth, C., Salonen, M., Taback, S., Franciscus, M., González-Frutos, T., Korhonen, T. E., Lawson, M. L., Becker, D. J., Krischer, J. P., Knip, M., Virtanen, S. M., TRIGR Investigators, & Mandrup-Poulsen, T. (2014). Use of vitamin D supplements during infancy in an international feeding trial. Public Health Nutrition, 17(4), 810-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013001122

Lehtonen, E, Ormisson, A, Nucci, A, Cuthbertson, D, Sorkio, S, Hyytinen, M, Alahuhta, K, Berseth, C, Salonen, M, Taback, S, Franciscus, M, González-Frutos, T, Korhonen, TE, Lawson, ML, Becker, DJ, Krischer, JP, Knip, M, Virtanen, SM, TRIGR Investigators & Mandrup-Poulsen, T 2014, 'Use of vitamin D supplements during infancy in an international feeding trial', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 810-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013001122

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