ArticleMolecular nutrition & food research2026
Urine Metabolism Biomarkers Predict Preterm Infant Adiposity at Hospital Discharge.
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- Recent advances in the bioanalysis of acylcarnitines: Methodologies, challenges, and clinical perspectives.Pharmaceutical science advances · 2026Review
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In infants born to women with diabetes (DM), this study explores associations of urinary metabolite patterns with adiposity development in the newborn period. In term and preterm (30-36 weeks gestational age) infants, body composition assessments were completed at hospital discharge. In urine samples from the first week, a targeted metabolomics assay was used. Quantile regression was used to evaluate associations of metabolite groups with DM in pregnancy and infant adiposity. Among 91 infants, 25 (27%) were exposed to DM, 68 (75%) were preterm. In the factor analysis, there was an association between factor 4 score (fatty acid and amino acid metabolites) and triceps skin fold thickness (β = 1.67 [95%CI: 0.62, 2.72]) and mid arm circumference (β = 1.59 [95%CI: 0.70, 2.49]) in preterm-DM group. Urinary C2, C3, and ornithine were decreased in DM-group (fold change <0.67, p < 0.01), and urinary C0, C2, C3, C5, ornithine, proline, and lysine were increased in preterm group (fold-change >2.7, p<0.0001). In this cohort, infant urinary amino acid and acylcarnitine concentrations varied by DM during pregnancy and gestational age and were differentially related to postnatal adiposity in preterm DM-group. Unique signatures of urinary metabolites may reflect early metabolism changes in the developing infant.
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