Human milk fatty acid composition and its association with maternal blood and adipose tissue fatty acid content in a cohort of women from Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Human milk (HM) composition is influenced by factors, like maternal diet and body stores, among other factors. For evaluating the influence of maternal fatty acid (FA) status on milk FA composition, the correlation between FA content in HM and in maternal plasma, erythrocytes, and adipose tissue was investigated.

Methods

223 European women who delivered at term, provided HM samples over first four months of lactation. Venous blood and adipose tissue (only from mothers who consented and underwent a C-section delivery) were sampled at delivery. FAs were assessed in plasma, erythrocytes, adipose tissue, and HM. Evolution of HM FAs over lactation and correlations between FA content in milk and tissues and between mother's blood and cord blood were established.

Results

SUBMITTER: Giuffrida F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9106604 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature