A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Human Milk Oligosaccharide Composition of Vegan, Vegetarian, and Nonvegetarian Mothers. 2022

Jessica Neville, and Roman Pawlak, and Melinda Chang, and Annalee Furst, and Lars Bode, and Maryanne T Perrin
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Recently, maternal nutrient intake has been associated with human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) composition. The goal of this study was to assess HMO composition in breast milk samples from vegan, vegetarian, and nonvegetarian lactating women. Second, we assessed impact of maternal body mass index (BMI), age, parity, and lactation stage on HMO composition. A cross-sectional analysis of HMO composition from vegan (n = 26), vegetarian (n = 22), and nonvegetarian (n = 26) lactating women was carried out. The majority of participants took dietary supplements. In an unadjusted bivariate model, there was no difference in individual HMO composition, total HMO-bound fucose and HMO-bound sialic acid, or diversity and evenness scores by diet group. When adjusting for factors that significantly differed between groups (maternal BMI and lactation stage), no differences in HMO composition were observed. Secretor status was significant for 13 of the outcome variables with the strongest positive relationship with total HMO (β = 0.922) and HMO-bound fucose (β = 0.910), and the strongest negative relationship with sialyl-lacto-N-tetraose b (LSTb) (β = -0.544). Lactation stage was significant for eight analytes, with the strongest positive impact on 3'sialyllactose (3'SL) (β = 0.433), and the strongest negative impact on 6'sialyllactose (6'SL) (β = -0.519). Maternal BMI had a significant positive relationship with total HMO composition (β = 0.113) and 3'SL (β = 0.325). Lactating women who consume plant-based diets do not produce different breast milk as it relates to HMO composition.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007774 Lactation The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN. Lactation, Prolonged,Milk Secretion,Lactations, Prolonged,Milk Secretions,Prolonged Lactation,Prolonged Lactations
D008895 Milk, Human Milk that is produced by HUMAN MAMMARY GLANDS. Breast Milk,Human Milk,Milk, Breast
D009035 Mothers Female parents, human or animal. Mothers' Clubs,Club, Mothers',Clubs, Mothers',Mother,Mother Clubs,Mother's Clubs,Mothers Clubs,Mothers' Club
D009844 Oligosaccharides Carbohydrates consisting of between two (DISACCHARIDES) and ten MONOSACCHARIDES connected by either an alpha- or beta-glycosidic link. They are found throughout nature in both the free and bound form. Oligosaccharide
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D001942 Breast Feeding The nursing of an infant at the breast. Breast Fed,Breastfed,Milk Sharing,Wet Nursing,Breast Feeding, Exclusive,Breastfeeding,Breastfeeding, Exclusive,Exclusive Breast Feeding,Exclusive Breastfeeding,Sharing, Milk
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D005260 Female Females
D005643 Fucose A six-member ring deoxysugar with the chemical formula C6H12O5. It lacks a hydroxyl group on the carbon at position 6 of the molecule. Deoxygalactose,alpha-Fucose,alpha Fucose
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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