Birth weight, growth and feeding in infancy: relation to serum lipid concentration in 12-month-old infants

Þórsdóttir, Inga; Gunnarsdóttir, Ingibjörg; Pálsson, Gı́sli

doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601714

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“…Differences in dietary fat intake on the one hand and serum lipid levels on the other, between this study and published data from Finland (Lagström et al, 1997;Simell et al, 2000) and Iceland (Thorsdottir et al, 2003) were tested using reported means, s.d.s and sample sizes. For Icelandic infants, the calculations of P:S and U:S were made from mean values given in the original paper (Thorsdottir et al, 2003).…”

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“…For Icelandic infants, the calculations of P:S and U:S were made from mean values given in the original paper (Thorsdottir et al, 2003). The significance level was set at P o0.05.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A likely explanation is that the expected change in TC from 6 to 12 months of age was counterbalanced by a gradual decrease in breastfeeding rate during infancy. Data collected from the SINUS study and published comparable data from studies in *Finland (Lagström, 1997) and w Iceland (Thorsdottir, 2003 From Iceland (Thorsdottir et al, 2003) and Finland (Lagström et al, 1997;Simell et al, 2000), both sharing NNR with Sweden, have recently been published highquality data on dietary fat intake and serum lipid levels in infants. At the time of the Icelandic study, cow's milk was used rather than infant or follow-on formula, which explains the comparatively high intake of saturated fat between 9-12 months of age.…”

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“…Since growth rate has been reported to influence serum lipids (Thorsdottir et al, 2003), length and weight changes were calculated as; length gain between 6 and 12 months in cm; weight gain ratios (a) weight gain between birth and 6 months divided by birth weight, and (b) weight gain between 6 and 12 months divided by weight at 6 months.…”

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“…Growth rate and nutrition early in life have impact on these diseases later in life, although the associations between obesity, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and serum lipids are complex (Bergström et al, 1995;Berenson et al, 1998;Owen et al, 2002;Thorsdottir et al, 2003). The Bogalusa heart study (Berenson et al, 1998) showed that known risk factors for CVD are present already during childhood.…”

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Dietary fat in infancy should be more focused on quality than on quantity

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Objective: The primary aim was to assess, the association of the quantity and quality of dietary fat intake from 6 to 12 months of age and serum lipids at 12 months. Subjects/Methods: Three hundred healthy term Swedish infants were recruited in a longitudinal prospective study at the age of 6 months; 276 remained in the study at 12 months. Food records and anthropometric data were collected monthly from 6 to 12 months; serum lipids were analysed at 6 and 12 months. Results: Swedish infants had a total fat intake within the Nordic recommendations, but intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was low (5.6 percent of total energy (E%)) and intake of saturated fatty acids (SAFA) was high (15.1 E%). Higher PUFA intake was associated with lower total serum cholesterol (TC, B ¼ À0.13, P ¼ 0.003), lower low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, B ¼ À0.12, P ¼ 0.004) and apolipoprotein B (B ¼ À0.03) (P ¼ 0.034) in girls but not in boys. When data from the present study were compared to data from similar studies in Finland and Iceland, it appears that the quality of the dietary fat has greater impact on serum lipid levels than the quantity of fat in the diet. Conclusions: Higher PUFA and lower SAFA intakes may reduce TC and LDL-C early in life, particularly in girls. Further, with respect to lowering serum lipid concentrations in early childhood it seems appropriate to set focus on fat quality rather than the quantity.

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“…For Icelandic infants, the calculations of P:S and U:S were made from mean values given in the original paper (Thorsdottir et al, 2003). The significance level was set at P o0.05.…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fish Oil Supplementation During Late Pregnancy Does Not Influence Plasma Lipids or Lipoprotein Levels in Young Adult Offspring

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et al. 2011

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Nutritional influences on cardiovascular disease operate throughout life. Studies in both experimental animals and humans have suggested that changes in the peri- and early post-natal nutrition can affect the development of the various components of the metabolic syndrome in adult life. This has lead to the hypothesis that n-3 fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy may have a beneficial effect on lipid profile in the offspring. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of supplementation with n-3 fatty acids during the third trimester of pregnancy on lipids and lipoproteins in the 19-year-old offspring. The study was based on the follow-up of a randomized controlled trial from 1990 where 533 pregnant women were randomized to fish oil (n = 266), olive oil (n = 136) or no oil (n = 131). In 2009, the offspring were invited to a physical examination including blood sampling. A total of 243 of the offspring participated. Lipid values did not differ between the fish oil and olive oil groups. The relative adjusted difference (95% confidence intervals) in lipid concentrations was −3% (−11; 7) for LDL cholesterol, 3% (−3; 10) for HDL cholesterol, −1% (−6; 5) for total cholesterol,−4% (−16; 10) for TAG concentrations, 2%(−2; 7) for apolipoprotein A1, −1% (−9; 7) for apolipoprotein B and 3% (−7; 15) in relative abundance of small dense LDL. In conclusion, there was no effect of fish oil supplementation during the third trimester of pregnancy on offspring plasma lipids and lipoproteins in adolescence.

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