Effect of Breast Feeding on the Plasma Cholesterol and Growth of Infants
| Autor: | H. J. Steenkamp, A. S. P. Swanepoel, D. O. Charlton, L. J. Rossouw, Pieter L. Jooste, J. E. Rossouw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Analysis of Variance
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Body Weight Infant Newborn Gastroenterology Body weight Body Height Cohort Studies Breast Feeding Cholesterol Endocrinology Plasma cholesterol Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Cohort medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies skin and connective tissue diseases business Breast feeding |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 13:139-142 |
| ISSN: | 0277-2116 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005176-199108000-00004 |
| Popis: | The effect of breast-feeding on plasma cholesterol, body weight, and body length was studied longitudinally in a large free-living cohort of infants (n = 512) from birth until the age of 1 year. Of the cohort, 21.4% were exclusively breast-fed for at least 3 months, 39.3% received bottle-feeding, and 39.3% received a combination of breast- and bottle-feeding. At birth the plasma cholesterol was similar in the three groups. After 3 months the mean plasma cholesterol and proportion of hypercholesterolemic infants in the breast-fed group were significantly (p less than 0.001) higher than that of the other two groups. These differences had disappeared at the age of 1 year. Breast-fed infants weighed less at 3 and 12 months, but body length was similar to those of the other groups. These results suggest that breast-feeding elevates plasma cholesterol by a direct mechanism and that the effect persists only as long as the breast-feeding is continued. |
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