@misc{10481/88193,
year = {1998},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88193},
abstract = {We have studied the effect of two preterm commercial infant formulas with different calcium
and phosphorus contents on the mineral balance and bone mineralization of 30 preterm infants
at 1 month of age. Bone mineralization was measured by dual energy X-ray densitometry. The
formula supplying a higher content of calcium and phosphorus promoted higher mineral
retention (P , 0.01) as well as higher bone mineral content (1.556 vs. 1.073 g, P , 0.01) and
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bone mineral density (0.458 vs. 0.424 g / cm , P , 0.05), approaching values of the control
group, which comprised a cohort of 15 preterm newborns whose gestational age was 4 weeks
older than the subjects selected to be fed with the formulas. The intake of calcium correlated
with retention (r 5 0.69); the phosphorus intake also correlated with phosphorus retention
(r 5 0.95). Intakes of calcium and phosphorus correlated with the bone mineral content
(r 5 0.65) and with bone mineral density (r 5 0.49). We conclude that formulas for preterm
infants should not have a calcium content lower than 120 mg / 100 kcal and should have a
calcium / phosphorus ratio of about 2 to promote adequate bone mineralization.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Prematuros},
title = {Bone mineralization status measured by dual energy radiographic densitometry in preterm infants fed commercial formulas},
doi = {10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00074-7},
author = {Narbona López, Eduardo and Maldonado Lozano, José and Ocete Hita, Esther and Gil Hernández, Ángel and Molina Font, Juan Antonio},
}