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Trial reportNutrients2022

Effect of Vitamin D and Docosahexaenoic Acid Co-Supplementation on Vitamin D Status, Body Composition, and Metabolic Markers in Obese Children: A Randomized, Double Blind, Controlled Study.

Valentina De Cosmi, Alessandra Mazzocchi, Veronica D'Oria, Alessandro Re, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Gregorio P Milani, Cristiana Berti, Silvia Scaglioni, Claudia Giavoli, Silvia Bergamaschi and 4 more

Open access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valentina De CosmiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3422-7695
Alessandra MazzocchiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Veronica D'OriaFondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva Donna-Bambino, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Alessandro ReServizio di Alimentazione Pediatrica ASST Rhodense POT Bollate, 20024 Milano, Italy.
Giulia Carla Immacolata SpolidoroDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Gregorio P MilaniDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3829-4254
Cristiana BertiPediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Silvia ScaglioniFondazione de Marchi Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Claudia GiavoliDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Silvia BergamaschiEndocrinology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Giulia RodariEndocrinology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Eriselda ProfkaEndocrinology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Roberto ColomboServizio di Alimentazione Pediatrica ASST Rhodense POT Bollate, 20024 Milano, Italy.
Carlo AgostoniDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5006-0832
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITUniversity of Milan · ITASST Melegnano e della Martesana · IT

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health IRCCS grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obese children are at high risk of developing vitamin D deficiency. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and their derivatives might have a beneficial effect on vitamin D status of obese children, due to their anti-inflammatory action, and increasing its absorption. This multicenter, randomized, double-blind controlled study aims to investigate the effect of vitamin D and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) co-supplementation for six months on vitamin D status, body composition, and metabolic markers of obese children with vitamin D deficiency. A total of 108 children were enrolled and 73 children completed the study: 33 were supplemented with an oral dose of 500 mg of DHA and 1200 IU/day of vitamin D3 and 41 were supplemented with 1200 IU/day of vitamin D3 + wheat germ oil. At the end of the study, more than 50% of the subjects improved their vitamin D status. However, co-supplementation was not more effective than vitamin D plus wheat germ oil. Fat mass percentage was significantly reduced, and body mass index improved in both groups, even if all the subjects were still obese at the end of the study. Children receiving both vitamin D and DHA presented a higher increase of DHA levels that could be relevant to prevent inflammatory-associated complications of obesity, but they had no effect on vitamin D levels.

Indexed as

Pediatric ObesityVitamin D DeficiencyBody CompositionChildCholecalciferolDietary SupplementsDocosahexaenoic AcidsDouble-Blind MethodHumansVitamin DVitaminsCholecalciferolDocosahexaenoic AcidsVitamin DVitaminsDHAdietary supplementsfatty acidsobesityvitamin Dvitamin D deficiency

Identifiers

PMID35406010
PMCPMC9003047
OpenAlexW4221049461

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