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Growth, bone mass, and vitamin D status of Chinese adolescent girls 3 y after withdrawal of milk supplementation^1,2,3

¹ From the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (KZ, QZ, LHF, AT, XD, DRF, and HG); the Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (QZ, GM, and XH); and the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia (CTC)

Background: A 2-y school milk intervention trial showed that 330 mL of a dietary milk supplement (fortified with calcium alone or with both calcium and vitamin D) enhanced the growth and bone mineral accretion of Chinese girls aged 10 y at baseline. Girls who received milk fortified with both calcium and vitamin D also had better vitamin D status than did girls who received nothing or girls who received milk fortified only with calcium.

Objective: The aim was to evaluate whether these effects were sustained 3 y after supplement withdrawal.

Design: Anthropometric measures and dietary intake were reassessed in 501 of the 698 girls whose data had been studied at the end of the intervention. As in the intervention phase, total-body bone mineral content and bone mineral density and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations were measured in half of these subjects.

Results: At follow-up, 99% of girls had reached menarche, at a mean (±SD) menarcheal age of 12.1 ± 1.1 y. No significant differences in the timing of menarche were observed between the 3 groups (P = 0.6). No significant differences in the changes of total-body bone mineral content and bone mineral density since baseline were observed between the groups. The group receiving calcium-fortified milk had significantly greater gains in sitting height (0.9 ± 0.3%; P = 0.02) than did the control group. The group that received calcium- and vitamin D–fortified milk had 17.1 ± 6.7% lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations than did the control group (P = 0.04), but the difference was attenuated by additional adjustment for physical activity level (14.2 ± 6.7%; P = 0.08).

Conclusion: Milk supplementation during early puberty does not have long-lasting effects on bone mineral accretion.

Key Words: Milk supplementation • growth • bone mineral accretion • vitamin D status • Chinese girls • follow-up study

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