Filipino Children with High Usual Vitamin A Intakes and Exposure to Multiple Sources of Vitamin A Have Elevated Total Body Stores of Vitamin A But Do Not Show Clear Evidence of Vitamin A Toxicity

Background: Young children exposed to high-dose vitamin A supplements (VAS) and vitamin A (VA)--fortified foods may be at risk of high VA intake and high VA total body stores (TBS). Objectives: TBS and estimated liver VA concentration were compared among children with adequate or high VA intake and...

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Published in:Current developments in nutrition 2022-08, Vol.6 (8), p.1
Main Authors: Engle-Stone, Reina, Miller, Jody C, Reario, Maria Fatima Dolly, Arnold, Charles D, Stormer, Ame, Lafuente, Eleanore, Oxley, Anthony, Capanzana, Mario V, Cabanilla, Carl Vincent D, Ford, Jennifer Lynn, Clark, Adam, Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P, Brown, Kenneth H, Lietz, Georg, Haskell, Marjorie J
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Language:English
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Dietary supplements
Health aspects
Hypervitaminosis
Laws, regulations and rules
Nutrition
Pediatric research
Requirements
Risk factors
Vitamin A
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Summary:Background: Young children exposed to high-dose vitamin A supplements (VAS) and vitamin A (VA)--fortified foods may be at risk of high VA intake and high VA total body stores (TBS). Objectives: TBS and estimated liver VA concentration were compared among children with adequate or high VA intake and different timing of exposure to VAS, and associations between estimated liver VA concentrations and biomarkers of VA toxicity were examined. Methods: Children 12-18 mo of age (n = 123) were selected for 3 groups: 1) retinol intake >600 [micro]g/d and VAS within the past mo, 2) retinol intake >600 [micro]g/d and VAS in the past 3-6 mo, and 3) VA intake 200-500 [micro]g retinol activity equivalents (RAE)/d and VAS in the past 3-6 mo. Dietary intake data were collected to measure VA intakes from complementary foods, breast milk, and low-dose, over-the-counter supplements. TBS were assessed by retinol isotope dilution, and VA toxicity biomarkers were measured. Main outcomes were compared by group. Results: Mean (95% CI) VA intakes excluding VAS were 1184 (942, 1426), 980 (772, 1187), and 627 (530, 724) [micro]g RAE/d, in groups 1-3, respectively; mean VA intake was higher in groups 1 and 2 compared with group 3 (P < 0.05). Geometric mean (GM) (95% CI) TBS were 589 (525, 661), 493 (435, 559), and 466 (411, 528) [micro]mol, respectively. GM TBS and GM liver VA concentrations were higher in group 1 compared with group 3 (liver VA concentration: 1.62 vs. 1.33 [micro]mol/g; P < 0.05). Plasma retinyl ester and 4-oxo-retinoic acid concentrations and serum markers of bone turnover and liver damage did not indicate VA toxicity. Conclusions: In this sample, most children had retinol intakes above the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) and liver VA concentrations above the proposed cutoff for "hypervitaminosis A" (>1 [micro]mol/g liver). There was no evidence of chronic VA toxicity, suggesting that the liver VA cutoff value should be re-evaluated. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03030339. Curr Dev Nutr 2022;6:nzac115. Keywords: vitamin A, dietary intake, retinol isotope dilution, total body stores, toxicity, supplements, fortified foods, children, Philippines
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2475-2991