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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026

Human milk oligosaccharide composition, concentrations and association with maternal factors in the multi-ethnic Asian GUSTO cohort.

Han Zhang, Li Ting Ang, Wei Wei Pang, Charlene Wee, Chun Hong Wong, Kennedy Spann, Mei Chien Chua, Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Yap Seng Chong and 10 more

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Han Zhang *Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Li Ting Ang *Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Wei Wei PangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Charlene WeeInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Chun Hong WongInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Kennedy SpannDepartment of Pediatrics, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE), and the Human Milk Institute (HMI), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Mei Chien ChuaDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Fabian YapDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Kok Hian TanDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Yap Seng ChongInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Neerja KarnaniInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Falk Müller-RiemenschneiderSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Natarajan PadmapriyaSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Keith M GodfreyMedical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Peter GluckmanInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Johan ErikssonInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Donna GeddesSchool of Molecular Sciences, UWA Centre for Human Lactation Research and Translation, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Mary E WlodekDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Lars BodeDepartment of Pediatrics, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE), and the Human Milk Institute (HMI), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Shiao-Yng ChanInstitute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.

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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) composition, longitudinal change and the influence of maternal factors in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort. Methods: In the prospective GUSTO mother-offspring cohort, maternal sociodemographic, genetic, and obstetric characteristics were related to the concentrations of the 19 most-abundant HMOs (quantified by HPLC, Results: Mothers providing samples were Chinese (73.8%), Malay (14.5%) and Indian (11.7%). Across ethnicities, individual HMO concentrations and proportions of secretors, were comparable. Approximately 70% were secretors, determined by distinctly higher 2'-fucosyllactose (2'-FL, 3-weeks: 16.0% of total HMO; 3-months: 10.4%) and lacto-N-fucopentaose-I (LNFP-I), compared with non-secretors (2'-FL, 3-weeks, 0.3%; 3-months: 0.2%). 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL) comprised 9.5% and 21.7% of total HMO concentration in secretors and non-secretors, respectively, at 3-weeks, and 30.4% and 42.9%, respectively, at 3-months. Compared with term, preterm cases had higher 3'-sialyllactose (3'SL) at 3-weeks [adjusted mean difference 1.23 SDs (95%CI 0.44-2.01); Conclusion: Chinese, Malay and Indian women exhibited similar HMO compositions, with the

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Asian ethnicityFUT2 genehuman milkhuman milk oligosaccharides (HMOs)maternal factorsecretor status

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