Maternal inflammatory, lipid and metabolic markers and associations with birth and breastfeeding outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Conditions in utero influence intrauterine and postnatal infant growth and a few studies indicate that maternal inflammation and insulin resistance might affect birth and breastfeeding outcomes. Furthermore, hormones in human milk (HM) may influence infant appetite-regulation and thereby milk intake, but the associations are less understood.

Objective

(1) To investigate associations between maternal inflammatory, lipid and metabolic markers and birth and breastfeeding outcomes, and (2) to assess predictors of maternal inflammatory, lipid and metabolic markers in pregnancy.

Methods

Seventy-one mother-infant dyads participating in the Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) study were included in the present study. Fasting blood samples were coll

SUBMITTER: Christensen SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507339 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature