Bone mineralization status measured by dual energy radiographic densitometry in preterm infants fed commercial formulas Narbona López, Eduardo Maldonado Lozano, José Ocete Hita, Esther Gil Hernández, Ángel Molina Font, Juan Antonio Prematuros 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 2 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. 2024-02-04T19:22:41Z 2024-02-04T19:22:41Z 1998 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88193 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00074-7 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ embargoed access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Elsevier