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This research was funded by Promotion of Knowledge Transfer program (PTC-2020) from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in collaboration with Alter Farmacia, S.A., Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RTI 2018-097504-B-I00), and by the crowdfunding project PRECIPITA (https://www.precipita.es/proyectos/Composicion-de-la-leche-materna-prematuridad-yparametros-maternos, accessed on 13 September 2020).

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Influence of Neonatal Sex on Breast Milk Protein and Antioxidant Content in Spanish Women in the First Month of Lactation

Publicado en:Antioxidants. 11 (8): 1472- - 2022-08-01 11(8), DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081472

Autores: Ramiro-Cortijo, David; Gila-Diaz, Andrea; Carrillo, Gloria Herranz; Canas, Silvia; Gil-Ramirez, Alicia; Ruvira, Santiago; Martin-Cabrejas, Maria A.; Arribas, Silvia M.;

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Breast milk (BM) is the best food for newborns. Male sex is associated with a higher risk of fetal programming, prematurity, and adverse postnatal outcome, being that BM is an important health determinant. BM composition is dynamic and modified by several factors, including lactation period, prematurity, maternal nutritional status, and others. This study was designed to evaluate the influence of sex on BM composition during the first month of lactation, focused on macronutrients and antioxidants. Forty-eight breastfeeding women and their fifty-five newborns were recruited at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos (Madrid, Spain). Clinical sociodemographic data and anthropometric parameters were collected. BM samples were obtained at days 7, 14, and 28 of lactation to assess fat (Mojonnier method), protein (Bradford method), and biomarkers of oxidative status: total antioxidant capacity (ABTS and FRAP methods), thiol groups, reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase and catalase activities, lipid peroxidation, and protein oxidation (spectrophotometric methods). Linear mixed models with random effects adjusted by maternal anthropometry, neonatal Z-scores at birth, and gestational age were used to assess the main effects of sex, lactation period, and their interaction. BM from mothers with male neonates exhibited significantly higher protein, ABTS, FRAP, and GSH levels, while catalase showed the opposite trend. No differences between sexes were observed in SOD, total thiols, and oxidative damage biomarkers. Most changes were observed on day 7 of lactation. Adjusted models demonstrated a significant association between male sex and proteins (beta = 2.70 +/- 1.20; p-Value = 0.048). In addition, total antioxidant capacity by ABTS (beta = 0.11 +/- 0.06) and GSH (beta = 1.82 +/- 0.94) showed a positive trend near significance (p-Value = 0.056; p-Value = 0.064, respectively). In conclusion, transitional milk showed sex differences in composition with higher protein and GSH levels in males. This may represent an advantage in the immediate perinatal period, which may help to counteract the worse adaptation of males to adverse intrauterine environments and prematurity.

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