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Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Jan;46(1):42-4
Vitamin D deficiency in a healthy group of mothers and newborn infants.
Lee JM, Smith JR, Philipp BL, Chen TC, Mathieu J, Holick MF.
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0456, USA. joyclee@med.umich.edu
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.
PMID: 17164508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMID: 17164508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]