Effect of maternal vitamin A supplementation on vitamins A and E in breast milk.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Vitamin E deficiency or vitamin A in the mother and newborn, maternal supplementation.E56.0
- Registration Number
- RBR-4v7j2d
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Centro Cordenador)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy volunteers; term delivery; conception without defect; aged 18-45 years; without a history of miscarriage; without the use of vitamin supplements during pregnancy containing vitamin A or E.
Exclusion Criteria
Premature birth; diagnosis of gastrointestinal, infectious, liver, heart, syphilis, HIV positive or neoplasms; conceptus multiple; with use of vitamin supplements during pregnancy containing vitamin A or E.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Increase in retinol concentration and reduction of alpha-tocopherol concentration in breast milk in 30 days, after supplementation, verified by the Student t test from the variation of finding these vitamin concentrations in colostrum and mature milk.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Increasing concentrations of retinol and a reduction of alpha-tocopherol concentration in colostrum milk within 24 hours after supplementation verified by the Student t test variation from finding these vitamin concentrations in colostrum milk, before and after supplementation.