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Pediatr Mex 2010; 12 (1)
Immunological and nutritional assessment of colostrum in women of low socioeconomic status in Cuautla, Morelos State, as a comprehensive view of breast-feeding
Rodríguez BML, Zavala PGE, Vite TL, Espinosa CMT
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 33-38
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ABSTRACT
51 women who assisted to the hospital for attention of their parturition, were early studied with their permission for an immunological and nutritional evaluation of the colostrum secretion and their nutritional and socioeconomic status.
According to the house condition index, the socioeconomic status of the group can be considered mainly low; this is at least one of the factors related to a deficient feeding and so, to a different kind of malnutrition status present in more than 50% of the lactating women. Results show a low lipid concentration (1.5 g/dL
vs 2.9 g/dL) according to normal values; nevertheless carbohydrates are under normal range (4.15 g/dL
vs 5-6 g/dL) and total protein levels are even higher (5.25 g/dL
vs 2.3 g/dL) than the ones reported as normal by international references.
Contrary of what we could expect because of nutritional status of lactating women, immunological cellular parameters and phagocyte function are normal and immunoglobulin concentrations of IgA and IgG were even elevated; this results reinforce the importance of human milk feeding for protecting the newborn children against intestinal and respiratory diseases by specific infectious agents present in mother’s environment.
Results give us an interesting area for future research looking for mechanisms that keep a good immunological quality of the colostrums secretion even in conditions of malnutrition and a bad socioeconomic status of the lactating women.
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