Maternal Vitamin D Status and Gestational Weight Gain as Correlates of Neonatal Bone Mass in Healthy Term Breastfed Young Infants from Montreal, Canada

Maternal Vitamin D Status and Gestational Weight Gain as Correlates of Neonatal Bone Mass in Healthy Term Breastfed Young Infants from Montreal, Canada

The implications of maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) and vitamin D status to neonatal bone health are unclear. We tested whether maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and GWG relate to neonatal bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD). Healthy term appropriate for gestational...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Gharibeh, Maryam Razaghi, Catherine A. Vanstone, ShuQin Wei, Dayre McNally, Frank Rauch, Glenville Jones, Martin Kaufmann, Hope A. Weiler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
neonate
mother
vitamin D
25-hydroxyvitamin D
gestational weight gain
bone mineral content
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/12/4189

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