Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0645 |
| Title: | Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age |
| Author(s): | Camargo CA Jr, Rifas-Shiman SL, Litonjua AA, Rich-Edwards JW, Weiss ST, Gold DR, Kleinman K, Gillman MW |
| Reference: | Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Mar;85(3):788-95 |
| Place of Study: | USA |
| Abstract: | The participants were 1194 mother-child pairs in Project Viva-a prospective prebirth cohort study in Massachusetts. The authors assessed the maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy from a validated food-frequency questionnaire. The primary outcome was recurrent wheeze, ie, a positive asthma predictive index (>/=2 wheezing attacks among children with a personal diagnosis of eczema or a parental history of asthma). The mean (+/-SD) total vitamin D intake during pregnancy was 548 +/- 167 IU/d. By age 3 y, 186 children (16%) had recurrent wheeze. Compared with mothers in the lowest quartile of daily intake (median: 356 IU), those in the highest quartile (724 IU) had a lower risk of having a child with recurrent wheeze [odds ratio (OR): 0.39; 95% CI: 0.25, 0.62; P for trend < 0.001]. A 100-IU increase in vitamin D intake was associated with lower risk (OR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.74, 0.89), regardless of whether vitamin D was from the diet (OR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.69, 0.96) or supplements (OR: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.73, 0.92). Adjustment for 12 potential confounders, including maternal intake of other dietary factors, did not change the results. CONCLUSION: In the northeastern United States, a higher maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy may decrease the risk of recurrent wheeze in early childhood.
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| Keyword(s): | vitamin D, wheeze |
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