The milk study protocol: A longitudinal, prospective cohort study of the relationship between human milk metabolic hormone concentration, maternal body composition, and early growth and satiety development in Samoan infants aged 1–4 months
Harries V, Abraham J, Vesi L, Reupena A, Faaselele-Savusa K, Duckham R, Bribiescas R, Hawley N. The milk study protocol: A longitudinal, prospective cohort study of the relationship between human milk metabolic hormone concentration, maternal body composition, and early growth and satiety development in Samoan infants aged 1–4 months. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0292997. PMID: 38728264, PMCID: PMC11086876, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal body compositionEarly infant growthBody compositionInfant growthProspective longitudinal cohortMother-infant dyadsBreastfeeding mother-infant dyadsHuman milkFingerpick blood sampleInfants aged 1Longitudinal cohortBody composition measurementsProspective cohort studyInfant feeding patternsSatiety developmentUndernourished womenSatiety responsivenessInfant satietyInfant hungerHormone leptinCohort studyHigh-income settingsMultivariate analysisEating patternsHormone transferVariation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
Liebert M, Urlacher S, Madimenos F, Gildner T, Cepon‐Robins T, Harrington C, Bribiescas R, Sugiyama L, Snodgrass J. Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal Of Human Biology 2024, e24056. PMID: 38517108, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.24056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiurnal cortisol productionIndigenous ShuarAmazonian EcuadorCortisol patternsHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axisBody mass indexLife courseHigh-income populationsHPA axis activityCortisol awakening responseDiurnal cortisol patternsDiurnal salivary cortisol patternsHuman stress responseHuman evolutionSalivary cortisol patternsBiological sexDiurnal cortisol declineAwakening responseHigh-income settingsHPA axisCortisol parametersCortisol productionDiurnal slopeAxis activityResource context