Impact of maternal feeding practices on neonates born to mothers infected with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in Sichuan Province
Among the 257 mother-infant pairs, participants were categorized into three groups according to feeding method: the direct breastfeeding group (n = 125), the bottle-feeding with expressed breast milk group (n = 87), and the artificial feeding group (n = 45). No statistically significant differences were observed in the maternal clinical manifestations of COVID-19 across the three groups (p > 0.05). Importantly, none of the newborns in any of the three groups exhibited symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection either during hospitalization or during the one-week follow-up after discharge.
Authors
- Hongyu Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3902-8436)
- Katharine Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-1289)
- Dan Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2417-9899)
- Wenjing Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0437-3176)
- Lingfang Liu
- Yanling Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8246-1756)
- Zonghan Yang
- P.Y. Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-3280)
- Jing Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2565-9103)
- Danfeng Xu
- Zhirong Zeng
- Lingdan Zan
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chengdu Medical College (CN)
- Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital (CN)
- Jingzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital (CN)
- People's Hospital of Shiyan (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Research Notes
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07456-0
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00