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Serum prolactin levels in undernourished Indian lactating women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Veena Shatrugna ,
Namala Raghuramulu  and
Krishnamurthy Prema
Veena Shatrugna
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania (PO), Hyderabad – 500 007, India
Namala Raghuramulu
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania (PO), Hyderabad – 500 007, India
Krishnamurthy Prema
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania (PO), Hyderabad – 500 007, India
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1. Serum prolactin (PRL) levels, both basal and post-suckling peak, were estimated in fifty-seven lactating women.

2. Basal PRL levels were significantly higher in all lactating women irrespective of the duration of lactation as compared to the levels in non-pregnant, non-lactating women.

3. There was a significant positive correlation (r 0·69, P < 0·001) between the basal PRL levels and the post-suckling peak values.

4. After 8 months of lactation, peak post-suckling, PRL levels were not significantly different from basal values.

5. Basal PRL levels were significantly lower (P < 0·05) in mothers whose infants were being supplemented.

6. PRL levels were not related to the mother's nutritional status as determined by body-weight.

7. The findings suggest that high PRL levels during lactation prolong the duration of lactional amenorrhoea and hence the relative infertility.

Type
Papers of direct reference to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , September 1982 , pp. 193 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1982

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