Rosa de Fátima da Silva Vieira Marques1, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei2, Tulio Konstantyner3, Affonso Celso Vieira Marques4, Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini Braga5. 1. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Pediatria, Disciplina de Nutrologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 3. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Pediatria, Disciplina de Nutrologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: tkmed@uol.com.br. 4. Hospital do Servidor Público Municipal de São Paulo, Disciplina de Obstetrícia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 5. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Pediatria, Disciplina de Especialidades Pediátricas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between hemoglobin levels of mothers and their children on exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 221 binomials (mother-child) enrolled in a breastfeeding support program, who were stratified into six groups according to the children's age group. The sample consisted of children born at term with normal weight, with no neonatal complications and whose mothers did not have anemia or infectious disease at the time of data collection. Interviews were carried out with the mothers, blood was collected by peripheral venipuncture from mothers and children, and children's anthropometric data were assessed. Pearson's correlation coefficients between the hemoglobin levels of mothers and children were calculated. Six multiple linear regression models were adjusted with regression coefficient estimates, considering as statistically significant associations with p≤0.05. RESULTS: The correlation coefficients of hemoglobin levels of mothers and children ranged from 0.253, at three months, to 0.601, at five months. The hemoglobin level of mothers was correlated with the hemoglobin level of their children at four months (r=0.578) and at five months (r=0.601). In the adjusted multiple linear regression, the regression coefficients were higher at four months (β=1.134; p=0.002) and at five months (β=0.845; p<0.001). CONCLUSION: These findings allow for the conclusion that there is a correlation between the hemoglobin of mothers and the hemoglobin of their children on exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between hemoglobin levels of mothers and their children on exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 221 binomials (mother-child) enrolled in a breastfeeding support program, who were stratified into six groups according to the children's age group. The sample consisted of children born at term with normal weight, with no neonatal complications and whose mothers did not have anemia or infectious disease at the time of data collection. Interviews were carried out with the mothers, blood was collected by peripheral venipuncture from mothers and children, and children's anthropometric data were assessed. Pearson's correlation coefficients between the hemoglobin levels of mothers and children were calculated. Six multiple linear regression models were adjusted with regression coefficient estimates, considering as statistically significant associations with p≤0.05. RESULTS: The correlation coefficients of hemoglobin levels of mothers and children ranged from 0.253, at three months, to 0.601, at five months. The hemoglobin level of mothers was correlated with the hemoglobin level of their children at four months (r=0.578) and at five months (r=0.601). In the adjusted multiple linear regression, the regression coefficients were higher at four months (β=1.134; p=0.002) and at five months (β=0.845; p<0.001). CONCLUSION: These findings allow for the conclusion that there is a correlation between the hemoglobin of mothers and the hemoglobin of their children on exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life.
Authors: Caroline Katharina Stiller; Silvia Konstanze Ellen Golembiewski; Monika Golembiewski; Srikanta Mondal; Hans-Konrad Biesalski; Veronika Scherbaum Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-01-03 Impact factor: 3.390