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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
卷 55, 期 7, 页码 2199-2207出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-1030-y
关键词
Breastfeeding; Fatty acid composition; School performance; Birth cohort
资金
- Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- Netherlands Asthma Fund
- Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning, Housing, and the Environment
- Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport
Breastfeeding has been associated with improved cognition. It remains unclear whether long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) play a role in this association. We assessed the association between LC-PUFA concentrations in infant feeding and school performance at age 12. Within a population-based birth cohort, we compared school performance of 277 non-breastfed children and 157 children who had fatty acid composition of their mothers' breast milk measured. Two indicators of school performance were: (1) the score on a standardized achievement test and (2) the teacher's advice regarding a child's potential performance level in secondary education. Linear regression and multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the independent association between LC-PUFA content of breast milk and school performance. Girls, who received breast milk with a relative high content (above the median) of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), had a higher Cito-test score (beta = 2.96 points, 95 % CI 0.24; 5.69) than non-breastfed girls. Among the breastfed girls, each percentage point of higher content of total n-3 LC-PUFA (beta = 4.55, 95 % CI 0.43; 8.66) and DHA (beta = 7.09, 95 % CI 0.9; 13.3) was associated with a higher Cito-test score. The association between LC-PUFA content and teacher school advice showed a similar pattern. There was no association between LC-PUFA content and school performance in boys. Although a large part of the association between infant milk feeding and cognition seems to be explained by sociodemographic and lifestyle-related factors, a relative high content of n-3 PUFAs, especially DHA, in breast milk is associated with better school performance in 12-year-old girls but not in boys.
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