Maternal and Infant Health and Breast Milk Study in South China
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Enrollment
- 400
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The level of nutrients in blood samples
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutrients in breast milk of Chinese mothers and its related factors, as well as exploring the early development of infants.
Detailed Description
Breast milk contains a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the early development of infants, such as lipids, Vitamins and so on. At present, the level of these nutrients in milk and infant formula are lower and which are present in a different form from that in breast milk. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the level of nutrients in breast milk of Chinese mothers and learn about its related factors, as well as exploring the relationships between these nutrients and the early development of infants.
Investigators
Huilian Zhu
Professor
Sun Yat-sen University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •age 20-45 years
- •natural delivery, singleton pregnancy
- •healthy term infants（at 37-42 weeks of pregnancy）
- •don't smoke and drink
- •self-evaluation as physical health
- •breastfeeding at least until three months of age
- •Apgar score \> 8
- •sign informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •suffering from mastitis
- •gestational diabetes, hypertension and other metabolic diseases
- •AIDS, tuberculosis and other acute or chronic infectious diseases
- •severe heart and kidney diseases
- •mental system diseases
- •cancer and other malignant consumptive disease
- •take drugs that affect nutrient metabolism
- •infants with congenital and genetic diseases
- •with lactation contraindications
- •don't agree to sign informed consent
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The level of nutrients in blood samples
Time Frame: 14 months
The nutrients were detected from blood samples of mothers and infants by chemical analysis
The level of nutrients in breast milk samples
Time Frame: 14 months
The nutrients were detected from breast milk samples of mothers by chemical analysis
Secondary Outcomes
- General demographic materials(14 months)
- Dietary and lifestyle information(14 months)
- Health follow-up(14 months)