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Early life gut microbiota is associated with rapid infant growth in Hispanics from Southern California.
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- A Systematic Review to Reassess the Formula for Early Life Growth.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal balanced energy-protein supplementation reshapes the maternal gut microbiome and enhances carbohydrate metabolism in infants: a randomized controlled trial.Nature communications · 2025Trial
- Associations between maternal obesity and offspring gut microbiome in the first year of life.Pediatric obesity · 2022Trial
- Stool Dynamics and the Developing Gut Microbiome During Infancy.Journal of biological rhythms · 2026Article
- Early-Life Air Pollution Exposure Is Associated with the Infant Gut Microbiome and Fecal Metabolome in the First Two Years of Life.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2026Article
- The gut microbiota and sleep in infants: a focus on diurnal rhythmicity patterns.Gut microbes reports · 2026Article
- Maternal overweight/obesity and yoghurt supplementation from early pregnancy to postpartum augments infant gut microbiota.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations of Lactoferrin-Fortified Formula with Infant Growth and Gut Microbiota: A Real-World Observational Study.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Cesarean section and socioeconomic status are associated with Bifidobacterium abundance and intestinal physiology: observations from a cross-sectional study in formula-fed infants.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Parabacteroides as a promising target for disease intervention: current stage and pending issues.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Review
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- Gut microbiota and microbial metabolites are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: A cross-sectional study in the Gen3G cohort.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Gastrointestinal Microorganisms and Blood Metabolites in Holstein Calves with Different Heat Stress Responses in the Same Hot Environment.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding Shapes the Gut Microbiota and Its Structure Is Associated with Weight Gain Trajectories in Mexican Infants.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Review
- Inadequate linear catch-up growth in children born small for gestational age: Influencing factors and underlying mechanisms.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- The neighborhood food environment modifies the association between infant feeding and childhood obesity.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A common trajectory of gut microbiome development during the first month in healthy neonates with limited inter-individual environmental variations.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Altered Nutrient Composition of Lactose-Reduced Infant Formula.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Differences in the intestinal microbiota and association of host metabolism with hair coat status in cattle.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
We aimed to determine if the newborn gut microbiota is an underlying determinant of early life growth trajectories. 132 Hispanic infants were recruited at 1-month postpartum. The infant gut microbiome was characterized using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Rapid infant growth was defined as a weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) change greater than 0.67 between birth and 12-months of age. Measures of infant growth included change in WAZ, weight-for-length z-score (WLZ), and body mass index (BMI) z-scores from birth to 12-months and infant anthropometrics at 12-months (weight, skinfold thickness). Of the 132 infants, 40% had rapid growth in the first year of life. Multiple metrics of alpha-diversity predicted rapid infant growth, including a higher Shannon diversity (OR = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.07-3.29;
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