Association of maternal diet, micronutrient status, and milk volume with milk micronutrient concentrations in Indonesian mothers at 2 and 5 months postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal micronutrient deficits during preconception and pregnancy may persist during lactation and compromise human milk composition.

Objective

We measured micronutrient concentrations in human milk and investigated their association with maternal micronutrient intakes, status, and milk volume.

Methods

Infant milk intake (measured via a deuterium dose-to-mother technique), milk micronutrient and fat concentrations, and maternal micronutrient intakes were assessed at 2 and 5 mo postpartum in 212 Indonesian lactating mother-infant pairs. Maternal hemoglobin, ferritin, transferrin receptors, retinol binding protein (RBP), zinc, selenium, and vitamin B-12 were measured at 5 mo (n = 163). Multivariate or mixed effects regression examined associations of milk mi

SUBMITTER: Gibson RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528569 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature