Human milk sIgA antibody in relation to maternal nutrition and infant vulnerability in northern Kenya.

Masako FujitaKatherine WanderNerli Paredes RuvalcabaEleanor Brindle

Published in: Evolution, medicine, and public health (2019)

Human milk sIgA antibody content was low for younger infants among vitamin A deficient mothers. Among mothers with small arm-circumference, milk sIgA was lower for sons. Double burden of raising young or male infants with high needs for immune protection and being malnourished, might lower maternal sIgA delivery to milk.

Keyphrases

human milk
low birth weight
birth weight
preterm infants
body mass index
pregnancy outcomes
climate change
risk factors
gestational age
wild type