Association of Maternal Plasma Total Cysteine and Growth among Infants in Nepal: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Cysteine is a semi-essential amino acid that has been positively associated with growth in children. However, transgenerational effects remain unclear. The aim of this analysis was to assess whether maternal plasma total cysteine (tCys) concentration is associated with various growth indicators in infants living in peri-urban settings in Bhaktapur, Nepal. We used data from the 561 mothers enrolled in an ongoing randomized controlled trial. We built linear regression models to evaluate the associations between maternal tCys and birth weight, length-for-age Z-scores (LAZ) and weight-for-length Z-scores (WLZ) at birth and six months of age. Maternal tCys was inversely associated with birth weight among boys after adjusting for confounders (p < 0.05). In addition, there was a negative a

SUBMITTER: Arora N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7551827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature