Cardiac Performance in the First Year of Age Among Preterm Infants Fed Maternal Breast Milk.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is a beneficial association between human breast milk exposure in the neonatal period and cardiac mechanics in adults who were born preterm. It is unknown whether this benefit is apparent in infants in the first year of age.

Objective

To test the hypothesis that higher consumption of mother's own milk in preterm infants is associated with enhanced cardiac performance during the first year of age.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of cardiac and nutritional data at an academic medical center included 80 individuals born preterm and 100 individuals in the control group born full-term. All births were between 2011 and 2013. Two-dimensional echocardiograms were performed at 32 weeks' and 36 weeks' postmenstrual age and at 1 year

SUBMITTER: El-Khuffash A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8397926 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature