The Motility Mother-Child Cohort - Gut Microbes, Diet and Bowel Habits in Early Life
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
- Enrollment
- 250
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Infant gut microbiome composition
- Status
- Active, Not Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The overall aim of the project is to investigate how bowel habits and nutrition in early life relate to the infant gut microbiome and metabolome from birth to 1 year of age. By unravelling links between these factors in early life, we might be able to identify new putative mechanisms by which diet via microbiota-dependent pathways affects intestinal motility in early life. Furtermore, it will be explored how the development of the gut microbiome associates with the child´s development.
Detailed Description
A cohort including 125 mother/infant pairs will be established with the purpose of following the infants' progression in diet, bowel habits, gut and oral microbiome, gut and oral metabolome, physiological and mental development from birth to 12 months of age. This will be possible by longitudinal collection and analysis of biological samples and data from birth until 1 year of age. The primary hypotheses to be tested are that early dietary patterns (composition, complexity, quality, and timing) and bowel habits (stool frequency, consistency, and transit time) are associated with the development of the infant gut microbial composition and metabolism. The secondary hypotheses to be tested are that the development of the infant gut microbial composition and metabolism associate with growth (body weight, length, body mass index, head circumference, body composition), development of the immune system as reflected in the gut (fecal cytokines, immunoglobulins, lipopolysaccharide, antigens) as well as the systemic circulation (blood cytokines, immune cells), host metabolism (blood metabolome, appetite hormones, urine metabolome), and physical development (sleep, motor development, mental development). The tertiary hypotheses to be tested are that the establishment and development of the infant gut microbiome is associated with external environmental factors (household, siblings, maternal diet, maternal fecal microbiome, maternal physical activity, birth conditions, and perinatal factors), and internal factors (infant oral cavity, tooth development, use of pacifier).
Investigators
Henrik Munch Roager
Associate Professor
University of Copenhagen
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age: 18-40 years of age at inclusion
- •Speaking Danish (since all written and oral information will be in Danish)
- •Willing to store their child's biological samples in a small closed container in their own freezer at home
Exclusion Criteria
- •Gestational age more than 34 weeks at time of recruitment
- •Diagnosed with gestational diabetes during this current pregnancy
- •Diagnosed with preeclampsia during this current pregnancy
- •Diagnosed with any severe or chronic diseases\*
- •Expecting triplets or higher order of multiple pregnancy
- •Concurrent participation in another study
- •Not capable of following the examinations according to the investigator´s instructions
- •Infants Inclusion Criteria:
- •Gestational age at birth: 36 weeks or later
- •Infants Exclusion Criteria:
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Infant gut microbiome composition
Time Frame: Faecal samples collected bi-weekly from birth until 12 months
Changes in gut microbiome measured by DNA/RNA sequencing of longitudinal faecal samples from infants
Secondary Outcomes
- Infant growth(0, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months)
- Infant intestinal transit time(9 and 12 months)
- Infant bowel habits(Bi-weekly from birth until 12 months)
- Infant dietary patterns(Bi-weekly from birth until 12 months)
- Infant body length(0, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months)
- Infant gut metabolome(Faecal samples collected bi-weekly from birth until 12 months)
- Total faecal bacteria(Faecal samples collected bi-weekly from birth until 12 months)
- Infant body weight(0, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months)
- Infant head circumference(0, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months)
- Infant body composition(9 and 12 months)
- Infant urine metabolome(2 days, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 months)
- Infant nutrient intake(6, 9 and 12 months)
- Infant fat stores(3, 6, 9, and 12 months)