The Mothers, Infants, and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Study: A multi-center collaboration

Lindsay H Allen*, Daniela Hampel, Setareh Shahab-Ferdows, Maria Andersson, Erica Barros, Andrew M Doel, Kamilla Gehrt Eriksen, Sophie Hilario Christensen, Munirul Islam, Gilberto Kac, Farhana Khanam Keya, Kim F. Michaelsen, Daniela de Barros Mucci, Fanta Njie, Janet M Peerson, Sophie E Moore

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Abstract

Little valid information is available on human milk nutrient concentrations, especially for micronutrients (MNs), and there are no valid reference values (RVs) across lactation. In this multi-center collaborative study, RVs will be established for human milk nutrients across the first 8.5 mo postpartum. Well-nourished, unsupplemented women in Bangladesh, Brazil, Denmark, and The Gambia (n = 250/site) were recruited during the third trimester of pregnancy. Milk, blood, saliva, urine, and stool samples from mothers and their infants are collected identically at 3 visits (1-3.49, 3.5-5.99, 6.0-8.49 mo postpartum). Milk analyses include macronutrients, selected vitamins, trace elements and minerals, iodine, metabolomics, amino acids, human milk oligosaccharides, and bioactive peptides. We measure milk volume; maternal and infant diets, anthropometry, and morbidity; infant development, maternal genome, and the infant and maternal microbiome. RVs will be constructed based on methods for the WHO Child Growth Standards and the Intergrowth-21st Project. 

This trial was registered at clinical trials.gov as NCT03254329.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbernzab116
JournalCurrent Developments in Nutrition
Volume5
Issue number10
Number of pages14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition.

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Human milk
  • Macronutrients
  • Micronutrients
  • Composistion
  • Reference values

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