Résumé
Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of a maternal docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation during lactation, compared with a placebo, on the neonatal growth profile of breastfed very preterm infants. Methods: Preterm infants' growth profile, growth velocity from birth to 36 weeks' postmenstrual age (PMA), and growth at 36 weeks' PMA were pre-specified secondary outcomes of a randomized placebo-controlled trial conducted in 16 Canadian neonatal intensive care units (2015-2018). Lactating mothers who delivered before 29 weeks' gestation were given 1.2 g of DHA daily or a placebo within 72 h of delivery and up to 36 weeks' PMA. Analyses were performed using a linear regression model with generalized estimating equations. Results: 461 mothers and their 528 infants (DHA, N = 273; placebo, N = 255) were included with mean gestational age of 26.5 weeks (standard deviation [SD] = 1.6); 275 (52.1%) were males; mean birth weight was 895 g (SD = 240). DHA interaction with sex was significant on weight profile (interaction p < 0.001), weight velocity (interaction p = 0.05), and weight at 36 weeks' PMA (interaction p = 0.02). Females in the DHA group gained more weight compared to the placebo group (mean difference [MD], 52.6 g [95% confidence interval [CI]: 24.5-80.8], p < 0.001). Weight velocity was significantly higher in females of the DHA group (MD, 3.4 g/kg/day [95% CI: 0.6-6.2], p = 0.02). At 36 weeks' PMA, the weight of males in the DHA group was significantly smaller (MD, -88.9 g [95% CI: -166.2 to -11.6], p = 0.02). Conclusion: DHA positively affected female infants' neonatal weight profile and velocity and negatively affected male infants' weight at 36 weeks' PMA.
Langue d'origine | English |
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Pages (de-à) | 377-385 |
Nombre de pages | 9 |
Journal | Neonatology |
Volume | 119 |
Numéro de publication | 3 |
DOI | |
Statut de publication | Published - mai 1 2022 |
Note bibliographique
Funding Information:The docosahexaenoic acid and placebo capsules were provided in-kind by DSM Nutritional Products. The MOBYDIck trial was funded by grant MOP-136964 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), grant 2598 from the Fondation du CHU de Québec, and the Fonds d’approche Intégrée en Santé des Femmes (Université Laval). Isabelle Marc was the recipient of a senior clinician research fellowship (No. 32933) from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. Pascal M. Lavoie was the recipient of investigator awards from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. The funders/sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study or the preparation of the manuscript.
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental Biology
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't