Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria in Human Milk and Maternal Adiposity.

ABSTRACT: The main objective was to explore the relationship between the microbiota of human milk and adiposity in Mexican mothers during the first lactation stage.

Methods

Seventy lactating women were included. Adiposity by anthropometric measurements and by bioelectric impedance was obtained. The donation of human milk was requested, from which bacterial DNA was extracted and qPCR of the 16S region was performed. The Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman and Pearson correlations, and multiple linear regressions models were also calculated.

Results

The median percentage of Bacteroidetes had a direct and significant correlation with normal adiposity, current BMI, waist circumference, and body fat percentage. The correlation with current BMI became significantly inverse in women with BMI

SUBMITTER: Chavoya-Guardado MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315738 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature