Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Health of Low Birth Weight Infants

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a weekly supplement of vitamin D to low birth weight term infants will reduce their mortality and hospital admissions and improve their immunity.

Timeline

Start

2007-03

Primary completion

2010-07

Completion

2010-07

Publications

• Results Kumar GT, Sachdev HS, Chellani H, Rehman AM, Singh V, Arora H, Filteau S. Effect of weekly vitamin D supplements on mortality, morbidity, and growth of low birthweight term infants in India up to age 6 months: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2011 May 31;342:d2975. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d2975.
• Results Trilok-Kumar G, Arora H, Rajput M, Chellani H, Singh V, Raynes J, Arya S, Aggarwal S, Srivastava N, Sachdev HP, Filteau S. Effect of vitamin D supplementation of low birth weight term Indian infants from birth on cytokine production at 6 months. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2012 Jun;66(6):746-50. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.33. Epub 2012 Apr 18.
• Huey SL, Acharya N, Silver A, Sheni R, Yu EA, Pena-Rosas JP, Mehta S. Effects of oral vitamin D supplementation on linear growth and other health outcomes among children under five years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 8;12(12):CD012875. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012875.pub2.

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