Vitamin D and probiotics supplement use in young children with genetic risk for type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Vitamin D and probiotics are nutrients of interest in the context of type 1 diabetes (T1D). We assessed the prevalence of and factors associated with vitamin D and probiotic supplementations among young children with genetic risk of T1D.

Subjects/methods

Use of supplements during the first 2 years of life was collected prospectively from 8674 children in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study.

Results

Single and/or multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements were reported by 81% of the children. The majority of participants in Finland, Germany and Sweden (97-99%) and 50% in the United States received vitamin D supplements that were mostly MVMs. Probiotics use varied from 6% in the United States to 60% in Finland and was

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718924 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature