Association of breast milk gamma-linolenic acid with infant anthropometric outcomes in urban, low-income Bangladeshi families: a prospective, birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Infant linear-growth faltering remains a major public health issue in low- and middle-income countries and suboptimal breast milk composition may be a local, population-specific risk factor. The relationship between early post-natal breast milk fatty acid (FA) composition and infant growth at 1 and 2 years of age was investigated prospectively in 563 families in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Subjects/methods

A maternal breast milk sample drawn before infant age 6 weeks was analyzed for percentage composition of 26 FAs, and infant length for age Z score (LAZ) was measured longitudinally to infant age 2 years. Individual FAs were tested as predictors of the infant growth outcomes.

Results

Of 26 tested FAs, %gamma-linolenic acid (%GLA) was mostly significantly

SUBMITTER: Mychaleckyj JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214250 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature