title: [Relationship between dietary pattern during late pregnancy and fatty acid composition of transitional milk in inland regions of China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate dietary pattern during late pregnancy and fatty acid composition of transitional milk in inland regions of China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty Chinese women were recruited from two different geographical inland regions (Jurong, an inland region close to freshwater. Xushui, an inland region with limited access to freshwater, forty women from each region) during late pregnancy. Their dietary status during late pregnancy was recorded and fatty acid composition in transitional milk was quantified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both marine fish consumption frequencies during late pregnancy were less than one time/week. The consumption of rapeseed oil in Jurong was significantly higher than in Xushui (P < 0.05). The total lipids contents of Jurong and Xushui were (4.39 ± 1.18) g/100g and (3.92 ± 1.47) g/100g, respectively (P = 0.11), and DHA composition were (0.46 ± 0.20 )% and (0.29 ± 0.09 )%, respectively (P < 0.05). There was positive relationship between rapeseed oil consumption and DHA in transitional milk (r = 0.362, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fatty acid composition in transitional milk differed between these two inland regions of China, which may be caused by difference of maternal dietary pattern during late pregnancy. The intake of precursor of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid could compensate its dietary deficiency to some extent.
authors.forename: Yixiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chunrong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lixiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qingqing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: Pengkun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil