An exploratory study to measure the postprandial plasma triglyceride levels in breastfed or formula fed healthy infants.
Completed
- Conditions
- Healthy term infants
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24649
- Lead Sponsor
- Danone Research - Centre for Specialised Nutrition / UMC Groningen
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Healthy and full-term infants (gestational age > 37 and < 42 weeks);
2. Birth weight within the normal range for sex and gestational age (10th to 90th percentiles according to locally applicable growth charts);
Exclusion Criteria
1. Infants with known congenital diseases or malfunctions e.g. gastrointestinal malformations, haemophilia;
2. Infants having received medical treatment with antibiotics and/or pain medication like paracetamol which may be included in cough syrup or other mixtures) within 4 days before examination;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postprandial total plasma triglyceride levels at baseline and 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 or 240 minutes after baseline.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences in total plasma triglyceride levels between 2 feeding regimen (formula feeding vs. breastfeeding), measured at baseline and 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after baseline.