Buffered or impaired: Maternal anemia, inflammation and breast milk macronutrients in northern Kenya

Maternal anemia has adverse consequences for the mother-infant dyad. To evaluate whether and how milk nutrient content may change in ways that could "buffer" infants against the conditions underlying maternal anemia, this study assessed associations between milk macronutrients and maternal iron-deficiency anemia (IDA), non-iron-deficiency anemia (NIDA), and inflammation.A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data and milk from northern Kenya...