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Milk Collection in the Rat Using Capillary Tubes and Estimation of Milk Fat Content by Creamatocrit
Published on: December 16, 2015
Content fat and calorie of human milk is affected by interactions between maternal age and body mass index
Won-Ho Hahn1, Tchaewon Jeong2, Suyeon Park3
1a Department of Pediatrics , School of Medicine, Seoul Hospital, Soon Chun Hyang University , Seoul , Republic of Korea.
Purpose:
We evaluated the association between macronutrients of human milk (HM), and interactions between maternal age and body mass index(BMI) in matched conditions.
Material And Methods:
Totally, 80 HM samples were collected from healthy breast-feeding mothers at fourth week of lactation. HM macronutrients and maternal data were analyzed. Mothers were subgrouped into four groups by maternal age (20 s/30 s) and BMI (overweight/normal).
Results:
Two-way ANOVA revealed significant interactions between age and BMI to affect macronutrients; fat, carbohydrate, and calories. Moreover, different responses of fat and calorie to BMI were found in different age groups.
Conclusions:
The evaluation of over- or under-weighted infants warrants considering both of maternal age and BMI.
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