Association of Human Milk Fatty Acid Composition with Maternal Cardiometabolic Diseases : An Exploratory Prospective Cohort Study

Background: Human milk fatty acids derive from maternal diet, body stores, and mammary synthesis and may reflect women's underlying cardiometabolic health. We explored whether human milk fatty acid composition was associated with maternal cardiometabolic disease (CMD) during pregnancy and up to 5 years postpartum. Materials and Methods: We analyzed data from the prospective CHILD Cohort Study on 1,018 women with no preexisting CMD who provided breast milk samples at 3-4 months postpartum. Milk fatty acid composition was measured using gas-liquid chromatography. Maternal CMD (diabetes or hypertension) was classified using questionnaires and birth records as no CMD (reference outcome group; 81.1%), perinatal CMD (developed and resolved during the perinatal period; 14.9%), persistent CMD (developed during, and persisted beyond, the perinatal period; 2.9%), and incident CMD (developed after the perinatal period; 1.1%). Multinomial logistic regression was used to model associations between milk fatty acid composition (individual, summary, ratios, and patterns identified using principal component analysis) and maternal CMD, adjusting for pre-pregnancy anthropometry and race/ethnicity. Results: Medium-chain saturated fatty acids (MC-SFA), lauric (C12:0; odds ratio [OR] = 0.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.60-0.89) and myristic acid (C14:0; OR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.66-0.97), and the high MC-SFA principal component pattern (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.76-0.96) were inversely associated with perinatal CMD. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids adrenic acid (C22:4n-6) was positively associated with perinatal (OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.01-1.44) and persistent CMD (OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.08-2.25). The arachidonic (C20:4n-6)-to-docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n-3) ratio was inversely associated with incident CMD (OR = 0.52, 95% CI = 0.28-0.96). Conclusions: These exploratory findings highlight a potential novel utility of breast milk for understanding women's cardiometabolic health.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - (2024) vom: 19. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scime, Natalie V [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Miliku, Kozeta [VerfasserIn]
Simons, Elinor [VerfasserIn]
Moraes, Theo J [VerfasserIn]
Field, Catherine J [VerfasserIn]
Turvey, Stuart E [VerfasserIn]
Subbarao, Padmaja [VerfasserIn]
Mandhane, Piushkumar J [VerfasserIn]
Azad, Meghan B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes mellitus
Fatty acids
Human
Hypertension
Journal Article
Lactation
Milk
Preeclampsia
Prospective studies

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Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1089/bfm.2024.0019

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NLM36991029X