None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Vitamin D3 [25(OH)D3]: Lactational mothers will be given vitamin D3 at postpartum, at 6 weeks, at 10 weeks and at 14 weeks and serum vitamin D3 levels will be measured in exclusively br
Sponsors
UCMS and GTB HOSPITAL
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: consecutive born singleton exclusively breastfeeding full term babies of both sexes and their mothers
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Neonatal characteristics: small for gestation and large for gestation, congenital anomalies or suspicion of chromosomal and endocrinological disorders, babies suffered from birth asphyxia, hypocalcaemia, hypoglycemia, respiratory distress at birth, sepsis, intracranial infection who are undergoing exchange blood transfusion who have received vitamin D Maternal charactics: suffering from chronic illnesses like tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, severe anaemia, HIV positive, hepatitis B positive mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus, pregnancy induced hypertension suffering from endocrinological disorders who have received vitamin D within last 3 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| proportion of exclusively breastfed babies having serum 25(OH)vitamin D3 levels less than 11 ng/ml at 6 months of age in both the groupsTimepoint: at 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| proportion of babies developing radiological rickets at 6 months in both the groups, proportion of babies developing biochemical rickets at 6 months in both the groupsTimepoint: 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Maharshi Trivedi
UCMS and GTB hospital
Outcome results
None listed