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ABSTRACT: Background
Variability in the 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] response to prenatal and postpartum vitamin D supplementation is an important consideration for establishing vitamin D deficiency prevention regimens.Objectives
We aimed to examine interindividual variation in maternal and infant 25(OH)D following maternal vitamin D supplementation.Methods
In a randomized trial of maternal vitamin D supplementation (Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth Trial), healthy pregnant women (n = 1300) received a prenatal cholecalciferol (vitamin D-3) dose of 0, 4200, 16,800, or 28,000 IU/wk from 17 to 24 wk of gestation followed by placebo to 6 mo postpartum. A fifth group received 28,000 IU cholecalciferol/wk both prenatally and postpartum. In a subset of participants, associations of 25(OH)D with hypothesized explanatory factors were estimated in women at delivery (n = 655) and 6 mo postpartum (n = 566), and in their infants at birth (n = 502) and 6 mo of age (n = 215). Base models included initial 25(OH)D and supplemental vitamin D dose. Multivariable models were extended to include other individual characteristics and specimen-related factors. The model coefficient of determination (R2) was used to express the percentage of total variance explained.Results
Supplemental vitamin D intake and initial 25(OH)D accounted for the majority of variance in maternal 25(OH)D at delivery and postpartum (R2 = 70% and 79%, respectively). Additional characteristics, including BMI, contributed negligibly to remaining variance (<5% increase in R2). Variance in neonatal 25(OH)D was explained mostly by maternal delivery 25(OH)D and prenatal vitamin D intake (R2 = 82%). Variance in 25(OH)D in later infancy could only partly be explained by numerous biological, sociodemographic, and laboratory-related characteristics, including feeding practices (R2 = 43%).Conclusions
Presupplementation 25(OH)D and vitamin D supplemental dose are the major determinants of the response to maternal prenatal vitamin D intake. Vitamin D dosing regimens to prevent maternal and infant vitamin D deficiency should take into consideration the mean 25(OH)D concentration of the target population.
SUBMITTER: Levy B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8562081 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Levy Benjamin B O'Callaghan Karen M KM Qamar Huma H Mahmud Abdullah Al AA Gernand Alison D AD Islam M Munirul MM Roth Daniel E DE
The Journal of nutrition 20211101 11
<h4>Background</h4>Variability in the 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] response to prenatal and postpartum vitamin D supplementation is an important consideration for establishing vitamin D deficiency prevention regimens.<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to examine interindividual variation in maternal and infant 25(OH)D following maternal vitamin D supplementation.<h4>Methods</h4>In a randomized trial of maternal vitamin D supplementation (Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth Trial), healthy pregnant wo ...[more]