BACKGROUND:Zinc plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of many diseases and in body growth. Preterm neonates have high zinc requirements. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to investigate the efficacy of zinc supplementation in reducing morbidity and mortality in preterm neonates and to promote growth. DESIGN:This was a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study of very-low-birth-weight preterm neonates randomly allocated on the seventh day of life to receive (zinc group) or not receive (control group) oral zinc supplementation. Total prescribed zinc intake ranged from 9.7 to 10.7 mg/d in the zinc group and from 1.3 to 1.4 mg/d in the placebo control group. The main endpoint was the rate of neonates with ≥ 1 of the following morbidities: late-onset sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, periventricular leucomalacia, and retinopathy of prematurity. Secondary outcomes were mortality and body growth. RESULTS:We enrolled 97 neonates in the zinc group and 96 in the control group. Morbidities were significantly lower in the zinc group (26.8% compared with 41.7%; P = 0.030). The occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis was significantly higher in the control group (6.3% compared with 0%; P = 0.014). Mortality risk was higher in the placebo control group (RR: 2.37; 95% CI: 1.08, 5.18; P = 0.006). Daily weight gain was similar in the zinc (18.2 ± 5.6 g · kg(-1) · d(-1)) and control (17.0 ± 8.7 g · kg(-1) · d(-1)) groups (P = 0.478). CONCLUSION:Oral zinc supplementation given at high doses reduces morbidities and mortality in preterm neonates. This trial was registered in the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Register as ACTRN12612000823875.

Zinc supplementation reduces morbidity and mortality in very-low birth-weight preterm neonates: a hospital-based randomized, placebo-controlled trial in an industrialized country / Terrin, Gianluca; BERNI CANANI, Roberto; Passariello, Annalisa; Messina, F; Conti, Mg; Caoci, S; Smaldore, A; Bertino, E; De Curtis, M.. - In: THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. - ISSN 1938-3207. - 98:(2013), pp. 1-7. [10.3945/ajcn.112.054478.]

Zinc supplementation reduces morbidity and mortality in very-low birth-weight preterm neonates: a hospital-based randomized, placebo-controlled trial in an industrialized country.

TERRIN, GIANLUCA;BERNI CANANI, ROBERTO;PASSARIELLO, ANNALISA;
2013

Abstract

BACKGROUND:Zinc plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of many diseases and in body growth. Preterm neonates have high zinc requirements. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to investigate the efficacy of zinc supplementation in reducing morbidity and mortality in preterm neonates and to promote growth. DESIGN:This was a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study of very-low-birth-weight preterm neonates randomly allocated on the seventh day of life to receive (zinc group) or not receive (control group) oral zinc supplementation. Total prescribed zinc intake ranged from 9.7 to 10.7 mg/d in the zinc group and from 1.3 to 1.4 mg/d in the placebo control group. The main endpoint was the rate of neonates with ≥ 1 of the following morbidities: late-onset sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, periventricular leucomalacia, and retinopathy of prematurity. Secondary outcomes were mortality and body growth. RESULTS:We enrolled 97 neonates in the zinc group and 96 in the control group. Morbidities were significantly lower in the zinc group (26.8% compared with 41.7%; P = 0.030). The occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis was significantly higher in the control group (6.3% compared with 0%; P = 0.014). Mortality risk was higher in the placebo control group (RR: 2.37; 95% CI: 1.08, 5.18; P = 0.006). Daily weight gain was similar in the zinc (18.2 ± 5.6 g · kg(-1) · d(-1)) and control (17.0 ± 8.7 g · kg(-1) · d(-1)) groups (P = 0.478). CONCLUSION:Oral zinc supplementation given at high doses reduces morbidities and mortality in preterm neonates. This trial was registered in the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Register as ACTRN12612000823875.
2013
Zinc supplementation reduces morbidity and mortality in very-low birth-weight preterm neonates: a hospital-based randomized, placebo-controlled trial in an industrialized country / Terrin, Gianluca; BERNI CANANI, Roberto; Passariello, Annalisa; Messina, F; Conti, Mg; Caoci, S; Smaldore, A; Bertino, E; De Curtis, M.. - In: THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. - ISSN 1938-3207. - 98:(2013), pp. 1-7. [10.3945/ajcn.112.054478.]
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