Maternal Vitamin D Status and Neonatal Bone Strength

Meir Medical Center100 enrolled

Overview

Objectives: 1. To determine the incidence of vitamin D deficiency among Israeli pregnant women 2. To access whether maternal vitamin D status affects infant bone strength. Methods: 1. Vitamin D levels -in cord blood and maternal blood 2. The mother will fill a demographic and nutritional questionnaire The Infants: 3. Growth assessment of the infants: weight length and head circumference 4. Bone strength measurement by Quantitative Ultrasound (Sunlight Omnisense 7000/8000TM)

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Maternal Vitamin D Status Neonatal Bone Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * mother-baby pairs, * birth week 35-42. * Jewish and Arab women that read and understand Hebrew. Exclusion Criteria: * large neonatal congenital defects.

Locations (3)

Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, Israel

RECRUITING

Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, Israel

RECRUITING

Neonatal department Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, Israel

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Bone speed of sound and maternal vitamin D levels

Time frame: first tow days of life

Central Contacts

Ita Litmanovich, MD

CONTACT

09-7471554 litmani@clalit.org.il

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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