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Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Moderately preterm infants (32–36 weeks of gestational age) have an increased risk of worse health and developmental outcomes compared to infants born at term. Optimal nutrition may alter this risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the neurological, growth, and health outcomes up to six year...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10223744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37242201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15102318 |
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author | Ericson, Jenny Ahlsson, Fredrik Wackernagel, Dirk Wilson, Emilija |
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description | Moderately preterm infants (32–36 weeks of gestational age) have an increased risk of worse health and developmental outcomes compared to infants born at term. Optimal nutrition may alter this risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the neurological, growth, and health outcomes up to six years of age in children born moderately preterm who receive either exclusive or fortified breast milk and/or formula in the neonatal unit. In this longitudinal cohort study, data were collected for 142 children. Data were collected up to six years of age via several questionnaires containing questions about demographics, growth, child health status, health care visits, and the Five to Fifteen Questionnaire. Data on the intake of breast milk, human milk fortification, formula, and growth during hospitalization were collected from the children’s medical records. No statistically significant differences in neurological outcomes, growth, or health at six years of age were found between the two groups (exclusive breast milk, n = 43 vs. fortified breast milk and/or formula, n = 99). There is a need for research in larger populations to further assess potential effects on health and developmental outcomes when comparing the use of exclusive versus fortified breast milk for moderately preterm infants during neonatal hospitalization. |
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spelling | pubmed-102237442023-05-28 Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study Ericson, Jenny Ahlsson, Fredrik Wackernagel, Dirk Wilson, Emilija Nutrients Article Moderately preterm infants (32–36 weeks of gestational age) have an increased risk of worse health and developmental outcomes compared to infants born at term. Optimal nutrition may alter this risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the neurological, growth, and health outcomes up to six years of age in children born moderately preterm who receive either exclusive or fortified breast milk and/or formula in the neonatal unit. In this longitudinal cohort study, data were collected for 142 children. Data were collected up to six years of age via several questionnaires containing questions about demographics, growth, child health status, health care visits, and the Five to Fifteen Questionnaire. Data on the intake of breast milk, human milk fortification, formula, and growth during hospitalization were collected from the children’s medical records. No statistically significant differences in neurological outcomes, growth, or health at six years of age were found between the two groups (exclusive breast milk, n = 43 vs. fortified breast milk and/or formula, n = 99). There is a need for research in larger populations to further assess potential effects on health and developmental outcomes when comparing the use of exclusive versus fortified breast milk for moderately preterm infants during neonatal hospitalization. MDPI 2023-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10223744/ /pubmed/37242201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15102318 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ericson, Jenny Ahlsson, Fredrik Wackernagel, Dirk Wilson, Emilija Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title | Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_full | Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_fullStr | Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_short | Equally Good Neurological, Growth, and Health Outcomes up to 6 Years of Age in Moderately Preterm Infants Who Received Exclusive vs. Fortified Breast Milk—A Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_sort | equally good neurological, growth, and health outcomes up to 6 years of age in moderately preterm infants who received exclusive vs. fortified breast milk—a longitudinal cohort study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10223744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37242201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15102318 |
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