Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40309165›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025

Higher in-hospital proportion of breast milk intake improves brain functional connectivity and neurological assessment in preterm infants.

Rui Yang, Hua Wang, Qian Cai, Danqi Chen, Jiajun Zhu, Shuiqin Yuan, Fang Wang, Xinfen Xu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rui Yang *School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Hua Wang *Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Qian CaiWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Danqi ChenWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiajun ZhuWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Shuiqin YuanWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Fang WangWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xinfen XuWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Preterm infants may face neurodevelopmental challenges linked to altered brain maturation processes. This study aimed to investigate the impact of in-hospital breast milk intake on brain resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) and neurological assessment at discharge in preterm infants. Methods: We collected data on breast milk intake from 97 preterm infants, evaluated neurological outcomes using the Amiel-Tison Neurological Assessment (ATNAT), and assessed rs-FC via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Groups were stratified by breast milk intake proportion (cutoffs of >70% vs. ≤70%; cutoffs of >90% vs. ≤90%), and conducted logistic regression analysis to explore the relationship between rs-FC and neurological assessment. Results: Preterm infants with >70% breast milk intake exhibited significantly higher ATNAT levels ( Conclusion: Higher in-hospital breast milk intake (>70% of total enteral nutrition) improves rs-FC and neurological outcomes in preterm infants, with dose-dependent effects.

Indexed as

breastfeedingbreast milkneurological assessmentNICUpreterm infants

Identifiers

PMID40309165
PMCPMC12040976

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.