Predictors of Human Milk Fatty Acids and Associations with Infant Growth in a Norwegian Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT: Triglyceride-bound fatty acids constitute the majority of lipids in human milk and may affect infant growth. We describe the composition of fatty acids in human milk, identify predictors, and investigate associations between fatty acids and infant growth using data from the Norwegian Human Milk Study birth cohort. In a subset of participants (n = 789, 30% of cohort), oversampled for overweight and obesity, we analyzed milk concentrations of detectable fatty acids. We modelled percent composition of fatty acids in relation to maternal body mass index, pregnancy weight gain, parity, smoking, delivery mode, gestational age, fish intake, and cod liver oil intake. We assessed the relation between fatty acids and infant growth from 0 to 6 months. Of the factors tested, excess pregnancy we

SUBMITTER: Criswell RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9503921 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature