A Study of Correlation between the Calcium levels in Breast milk and the Anthropometric Measurements of infants up to 6-months of Life in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-sectional study
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Background: Breast milk an optimal source of nutrition for infants, provides exclusive benefits for their health and growth. It contains specific components that are not found in other foods and that support the development of the child, particularly the height. One of these components is calcium, which is essential for bone formation and function. Calcium intake from breast milk can influence the mineralization of the new bone tissue and the activity of osteoblasts, the cells that produce bone.
Objectives: The researchers proposed that calcium levels in breast milk would change based on how long the mothers exclusively breastfed their babies and that higher calcium levels would correspond to longer body length of infants from Birth to 6-months of age.
Patients and Methods: Colostrum is the first milk produced by mothers after giving birth. This study collected colostrum samples from One Hundred mothers (50 undernourished and 50 well-fed) who delivered at Hospital. The samples were obtained on day 3, month 1, and then every month until month 6 postpartum. The mothers expressed 10 mL of colostrum into acid-washed test tubes. The study analyzed colostrum, which is the first milk produced by mothers after giving birth. The researchers used a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (GBC, 904) to measure the calcium levels in the digested samples. The measurements were done at the environmental assessment division of tertiary care hospital and reported in mg/L.
Results: The results indicated a negative correlation relationship between the calcium content of maternal milk and the growth of babies in terms of height during the first half year of life.
Conclusion: Body length is a complex outcome that reflects multiple aspects of growth, not just calcium status. Other factors that may affect body length include genetic factors, such as parental height, and environmental factors, such as other nutrients and hormones.
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