Lewandowski, AJ;
Lamata, P;
Francis, JM;
Piechnik, SK;
Ferreira, VM;
Boardman, H;
Neubauer, S;
... Lucas, A; + view all
(2016)
Breast Milk Consumption in Preterm Neonates and Cardiac Shape in Adulthood.
Pediatrics
, 138
(1)
, Article e20160050. 10.1542/peds.2016-0050.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Preterm birth relates to long-term alterations in cardiac morphology and function. Understanding whether preterm postnatal life is a tractable period of cardiovascular development that can be positively altered by nutrition is relevant to long-term outcomes. We hypothesized that being fed human breast milk during early postnatal life is beneficial to long-term cardiac structure and function in preterm-born individuals compared with infant formulas. METHODS: A total of 926 preterm-born infants originally took part in a randomized controlled trial of postnatal milk-feeding regimens between 1982 and 1985 across 5 different UK centers. Preterm-born individuals were randomly assigned to either breast milk donated by unrelated lactating women or nutrient-enriched formulas. We followed 102 individuals from this cohort: 30 of whom had been randomized to being fed exclusively human milk and 16 to being fed exclusively formula. As a comparison group, we recruited an additional 102 individuals born term to uncomplicated pregnancies. Cardiac morphology and function were assessed by MRI. RESULTS: Preterm-born individuals fed exclusively human milk as infants had increased left and right ventricular end-diastolic volume index (+9.73%, P = .04 and +18.2%, P < .001) and stroke volume index (+9.79%, P = .05 and +22.1%, P = .01) compared with preterm-born individuals who were exclusively formula fed as infants. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence of a beneficial association between breast milk and cardiac morphology and function in adult life in those born preterm and supports promotion of human milk for the care of preterm infants to reduce long-term cardiovascular risk.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Breast Milk Consumption in Preterm Neonates and Cardiac Shape in Adulthood |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.2016-0050 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-0050 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1504631 |
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