Publications by authors named "Amanda C Cunha Figueiredo"
Article Synopsis
- Evidence indicates that the maternal metabolome during late pregnancy may impact child health outcomes, specifically growth and development in the first year of life.
- The study followed 98 mother-child pairs, analyzing maternal serum for 132 metabolites while assessing child growth at 1, 6, and 12 months using WHO growth standards and Ages and Stages Questionnaires.
- Key findings highlight positive associations between certain lysophosphatidylcholines and various growth metrics, while some amino acids were linked to poorer fine motor skills development in children.
Background And Aims: There is a need to consolidate reporting guidance for nutrition randomised controlled trial (RCT) protocols. The reporting completeness in nutrition RCT protocols and study characteristics associated with adherence to SPIRIT and TIDieR reporting guidelines are unknown. We, therefore, assessed reporting completeness and its potential predictors in a random sample of published nutrition and diet-related RCT protocols.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaternal Mental Health in Late Pregnancy and Longitudinal Changes in Postpartum Serum Vitamin B-12, Homocysteine, and Milk B-12 Concentration Among Brazilian Women.
Front Nutr
July 2022
Background: Little is known regarding the association between mental health distress during pregnancy and postpartum maternal serum biomarkers of vitamin B-12 status and milk B-12 concentration.
Objective: To evaluate the association between depressive and anxiety symptoms in the third trimester of pregnancy and changes in postpartum serum B-12, homocysteine, and B-12 milk concentration.
Methods: A total of 101 women (18-40 years) were studied in a prospective cohort with data at the third trimester of pregnancy (baseline) and three postpartum time-points (TPs): 2-8 days (TP1), 28-50 days (TP2), and 88-119 days (TP3) postpartum.
Objectives: To evaluate the association between vitamin D status during pregnancy and total gestational weight gain (GWG), GWG rates and postpartum weight retention.
Methods: Prospective cohort of 163 women from Rio de Janeiro was followed at 5-13 (baseline), 20-26, 30-36 gestational weeks and at 30-62 days postpartum. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] was evaluated during each trimester and was categorized as adequate (≥50 nmol/L) or inadequate (<50 nmol/L).
Plasma concentrations of vitamin D metabolites can be inversely associated with depressive symptoms. However, few longitudinal studies have investigated this association, especially during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and 1,25-dihydroxivitamin D [1,25(OH)D] with the occurrence of depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the associations between first trimester 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status and changes in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) concentrations, TG/HDL-c, and TC/HDL-c ratios throughout pregnancy. We hypothesized that first trimester 25(OH)D inadequacy is associated with lower concentrations of HDL-c and higher LDL-c, TC, TG, TG/HDL-c, and TC/HDL-c ratios throughout pregnancy.
Methods: A prospective cohort study with 3 visits at 5-13 (baseline), 20-26, and 30-36 gestational weeks, recruited 194 pregnant women attending a public health care center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Purpose: To characterize the physiological changes in 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)D] throughout pregnancy.
Methods: Prospective cohort of 229 apparently healthy pregnant women followed at 5th-13th, 20th-26th, and 30th-36th gestational weeks. 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)D concentrations were measured by LC-MS/MS.