Association of maternal breast milk and serum levels of macronutrients, hormones, and maternal body composition with infant’s body weight
Background/objectives This study was aimed to investigate the association of maternal serum and breast-milk levels of macronutrients, hormones, growth factors, and maternal body composition with infant’s body weight. Subjects/methods Eighty mother–infant pairs comprised 40 with overweight or obese i...
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Veröffentlicht in: | European journal of clinical nutrition 2018-03, Vol.72 (3), p.394-400 |
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This study was aimed to investigate the association of maternal serum and breast-milk levels of macronutrients, hormones, growth factors, and maternal body composition with infant’s body weight.
Subjects/methods
Eighty mother–infant pairs comprised 40 with overweight or obese infant and 40 with normal-weight infant were enrolled in this study. The level of ghrelin, Leptin, adiponectin, EGF, and IGF1 in plasma and breast milk were assessed. Daily breast milk intake and macronutrient concentration along with anthropometric indices of mother–infant pairs were also assessed.
Results
No significant differences were observed in concentrations of serum hormones between two groups (
p
> 0.05). However, hormones levels in maternal serum were higher than those in breast milk. A significant positive correlation was found between serum EGF and ghrelin (
r
= 0.57,
p
= 0 |
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ISSN: | 0954-3007 1476-5640 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41430-017-0022-9 |