title: Relationship between the duration of the breast-feeding period and the lipoprotein profile of children at the age of 13 years.
abstract: Selected parameters of lipid metabolism were studied in a group of 76 children aged 12-13 years. The children were divided into 4 subgroups according to the duration of neonatal nutrition (no breast feeding, breast feeding for 3, 6 or more than 6 months). We studied the concentration of total serum cholesterol, its distribution into lipoprotein fractions, the concentration of serum triacylglycerols and apolipoproteins A1 (Apo A1) and B (Apo B). Atherogenic indexes were calculated from the data obtained. The highest cholesterol levels (5.20+/-0.15 mmol x l(-1)) were found in children who had been breast-fed for more than 6 months, while the highest concentrations of Apo B (0.80+/-0.07 g x l(-1)) and Apo A1 (1.76+/-0.06 g x l(-1)) and the highest Apo B/Apo A1 ratio (0.45+/-0.04) were found in children with the shortest period of breast-feeding. No significant sex-related differences in total, VLDL, LDL, HDL cholesterol, triacylglycerols and apolipoproteins were observed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hromadová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kostálová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lesková
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapellerová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008074:Lipoproteins; D002784:Cholesterol