Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers: effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion

A Prentice; L M Jarjou; T J Cole; D M Stirling; B Dibba; S Fairweather-Tait

doi:10.1093/ajcn/62.1.58

Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers: effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion

A Prentice, L M Jarjou, T J Cole, D M Stirling, B Dibba, S Fairweather-Tait

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Abstract

The calcium requirement for prolonged lactation was investigated in a randomized supplementation study of Gambian mothers consuming a low-calcium diet (7.1 mmol/d, or 283 mg/d). Sixty women were studied from 10 d to 78 wk of lactation, receiving calcium or placebo for the first 12 mo. The supplement increased average calcium intake by 17.9 mmol/d (714 mg/d). Supplementation had no effect on breast-milk calcium concentration or on maternal bone mineral content. Urinary calcium output was higher in supplemented than in unsupplemented mothers by 1.18 mmol/d (47 mg/d), P

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-67
Number of pages	10
Journal	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume	62
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/62.1.58
Publication status	Published - Jul 1995

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Bone Density
Calcium
Calcium, Dietary
Double-Blind Method
Female
Food, Fortified
Gambia
Humans
Lactation
Longitudinal Studies
Milk
Nutritional Requirements

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Prentice, A., Jarjou, L. M., Cole, T. J., Stirling, D. M., Dibba, B., & Fairweather-Tait, S. (1995). Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers: effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 62(1), 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/62.1.58

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Prentice, A, Jarjou, LM, Cole, TJ, Stirling, DM, Dibba, B & Fairweather-Tait, S 1995, 'Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers: effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion', American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/62.1.58

Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers : effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion. / Prentice, A; Jarjou, L M; Cole, T J et al.

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