Relationship between the lipid composition of maternal plasma and infant plasma through breast milk

This study was motivated by the report that infant development correlates with particular lipids in infant plasma.The hypothesis was that the abundance of these candidate biomarkers is influenced by the dietary intake of the infant.A cohort of 30 exclusively-breastfeeding mother-infant pairs from a small region of West Africa was used for this observational study. Plasma and milk from the mother and plasma from her infant were collected within...