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Nutrition–fertility interaction in lactating women of low income groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

K. Prema ,
A. Nadamuni Naidu ,
S. Neelakumari  and
B. A. Ramalakshmi
K. Prema
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania PO, Hyderabad -500 007, India
A. Nadamuni Naidu
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania PO, Hyderabad -500 007, India
S. Neelakumari
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania PO, Hyderabad -500 007, India
B. A. Ramalakshmi
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania PO, Hyderabad -500 007, India
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Abstract

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1. Duration of lactational amenorrhoea and interpreganancy interval were related to maternal body-weight in an urban low-income group population of 2250 women.

2. Breast-feeding practices were similar in all the women, none of whom had received any nutritional intervention.

3. In the study group the mean duration of lactation, lactational amenorrhoea and interpregnancy interval (months) were 20.7, 11.2 and 24.2 respectively.

4. Mean duration of lactation was significantly shorter in women whose body-weights were over 55 kg. Duration of lactational amenorrhoea increased with increasing duration of lactation (r 0.5164).

5. The duration of lactational amenorrhoea showed a progressive fall with increasing body-weight (r − 0.8139) even when duration of lactation was kept constant.

6. The mean duration of post-partum amenorrhoea in women who did not lactate remained unaltered irrespective of body-weight.

7. The findings suggest that maternal nutritional status modifies return of menstruation only in lactating women.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , May 1981 , pp. 461 - 467
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1981

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