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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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genetic c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s, childhood medical disorders (e.g. inherited disorders <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> calcium<br />

metabolism), or infecti<strong>on</strong>s during pregnancy and infancy (e.g. infant infecti<strong>on</strong> during the<br />

first 35 days <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> life, cytomegalovirus infecti<strong>on</strong>, maternal rubella, and postnatal measles).<br />

When c<strong>on</strong>trolling for other variables in our final logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> model, serious<br />

childhood medical problems was not significantly associated with hypoplasia. This<br />

differs from others who did find a clear relati<strong>on</strong>ship (as reviewed in Chapter 1, Secti<strong>on</strong><br />

2). In hindsight, it would have been useful to ask about specific medicati<strong>on</strong>s infants<br />

received (e.g. antibiotics including amoxicillin) and whether the child was intubated<br />

following delivery as these have been identified as c<strong>on</strong>tributors to DDEs.<br />

Results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the final logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> model revealed that maternal levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

calcium were significantly associated with enamel hypoplasia. It appeared that<br />

participants with lower calcium levels were more likely to have infants with detectable<br />

enamel hypoplasia. Despite the fact that n<strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the mothers in this prospective study<br />

were found to have extremely low or elevated calcium levels (range 2.01 – 2.57, median<br />

2.24), results at the bivariate level revealed that mothers who had infants with enamel<br />

hypoplasia had significantly lower calcium levels during pregnancy than those whose<br />

infants had no enamel defects (2.23 ± 0.10 mmol/L vs. 2.27 ± 0.10, p=.036). Further, it<br />

does c<strong>on</strong>cur with findings <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> other groups that hypocalcemia is a risk factor for enamel<br />

hypoplasia. 50,51<br />

Some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these relati<strong>on</strong>ships were c<strong>on</strong>firmed through logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> analysis.<br />

Those who had heard <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vitamin D, c<strong>on</strong>sumed margarine <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten, and drank milk <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten<br />

were significantly less likely to have an infant with enamel hypoplasia while c<strong>on</strong>trolling<br />

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