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Calcium Fractional Absorption and Metabolism Assessed Using Stable Isotopes Differ between Postpartum and Never Pregnant Women¹

P. B. Moser-Veillon², A. R. Mangels, N. E. Vieira^*, A. L. Yergey^*, K. Y. Patterson, A. D. Hill and C. Veillon

Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; ^* Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892; and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705

²To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed. E-mail: pv6{at}umail.umd.edu.

Determining the fractional absorption (FA) of calcium using the incorporation into urine of stable isotopes given intravenously (IV) and orally has become a routine procedure. We investigated the FA of calcium in two groups of (2–3 mo) postpartum women lactating (LACT) (n = 6) and nonlactating (PPNL) (n = 6), and in never pregnant (NP) women (n = 7). The women consumed a controlled diet containing 30–33 mmol/d calcium (Ca) for 21 d. On d 7 of the controlled diet, the women received 0.05 mmol of ⁴²Ca IV and 0.25 mmol ⁴⁴Ca orally in milk. Urine samples (24-h) were collected for the next 14 d and morning blood samples were collected from fasting subjects before dosing and at 24 and 48 h after receiving the isotopes. Milk samples from the LACT women were collected from each feeding beginning 24 h before to 72 h after dosing. There were no significant differences in the FA of calcium as measured by stable isotope incorporation into urine (23.8 ± 2.9%), serum (24.0 ± 3.4%) or milk (23.6 ± 3.6%) of LACT women. The fractional calcium absorption measured in urine of the postpartum women (LACT and PPNL, 23.8 ± 2.9% and 25.0 ± 3.3%, respectively) did not differ but was greater (P < 0.028) than that of the NP women (17.3 ± 1.3%). The postpartum LACT and PPNL women had a reduced urinary excretion of calcium (P < 0.01) compared with the NP women. There was a significantly greater incorporation (P < 0.001) by LACT women of the oral isotope dose into milk than into urine. Calcium FA can be determined from incorporation of stable isotopes into breast milk and serum as well as urine.

KEY WORDS: • calcium • postpartum • lactation • fractional absorption • stable isotopes • humans

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