Maternal Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Status during Early Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Problem Behavior at Age 5-6 Years

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• 作者：Eva M. Loomans ; PhD¹ ; ² ; ^{e.m.loomans@gmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; Bea R.H. Van den Bergh ; PhD¹ ; ³ ; ⁴ ; Maaike Schelling ; MSc² ; Tanja G.M. Vrijkotte ; PhD⁵ ; Manon van Eijsden ; PhD² ; ⁶
• 关键词：AA ; Arachidonic acid ; ABCD ; Amsterdam Born Children and their Development ; DHA ; Docosahexaenoic acid ; EPA ; Eicosapentaenoic acid ; LCPUFA ; Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid ; SDQ ; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ; SGA ; Small for gestational age
• 刊名：The Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：164
• 期：4
• 页码：762-768
• 全文大小：181 K

文摘

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Objective

To prospectively investigate the association between maternal long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) status and ratio during pregnancy and children's risk of problem behavior at 5 years of age.

Study design

Maternal LCPUFA status in plasma phospholipids during pregnancy (M = 13.3, SD = 3 weeks) was available for 4336 women. Children's behavior was rated by their mother (n = 2502) and teacher (n = 2061).

Results

When using multivariate logistic regression analyses, we found that greater concentrations of omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (OR 0.75; 95% CI 0.56-0.99; P = .05) decreased children's risk for emotional symptoms. Although lower eicosapentaenoic acid and a greater omega-6:omega-3 LCPUFA (ie, arachidonic acid/[docosahexaenoic acid + eicosapentaenoic acid]) tended to increase the risk for emotional symptoms and the risk of hyperactivity/inattention problems for the omega-6:omega-3 LCPUFA, the results were nonsignificant (P = .07). No evidence was found for mediation by preterm birth and being small for gestational age. The child's sex and infant feeding pattern did not modify the associations.

Conclusion

Our results suggest long-term developmental programming influences of maternal LCPUFA status during pregnancy and stress the importance of an adequate and balanced supply of fatty acids in pregnant women for optimal fetal brain development and subsequent long-term behavioral outcomes.