High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Prevent Allergic Sensitization of Infants

Abstract

J Rosendahl, AS Pelkonen, O Helve. J Pediatr. 2019;209:139–145.e1 To examine the effect of post-natal vitamin D supplementation on the development of allergic disease in the first year of life. The study included 987 infants born to mothers of Northern European descent in Finland. Inclusion criteria included term birth with an appropriate weight for gestational age and newborns not requiring higher levels of care. The study population was followed from birth until 12 months of age. The study was a double-blinded randomized control trial. The study population was randomly divided into two vitamin D supplementation groups: one group received …