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Serum Triglycerides of Breast Milk‐Fed Very‐Low‐Birth‐Weight Infants
Author(s) -
Fenton Tanis R.,
Singhal Nalini,
Baynton Robert D.,
Akierman Albert
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/011542659701200126
Subject(s) - medicine , triglyceride , breast milk , birth weight , percentile , gestational age , breast feeding , obstetrics , zoology , pregnancy , endocrinology , cholesterol , pediatrics , biochemistry , biology , mathematics , statistics , genetics
Normative triglyceride levels were obtained from eighty‐five infants weighing > 1500 g. At least 80% of their nutritional intake was their own mother's breast milk. Triglyceride levels did not correlate with birth weight, gestational age, volume of milk fed, age in days, or use of milk fortifier. The 95th percentile triglyceride value was 2.5 mmol/L. Assuming that breast milk‐fed infants have triglyceride in the normal range, the acceptable limit of triglyceride values in very‐low‐birth‐weight infants receiving IV lipids could be revised upward to 2.5 mmol/L.