Table 3.
Summary results of qualitative synthesis across all stages of lactation for studies reporting both comparison and correlation analysis 1.
| Milk Macronutrient | Effect | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studies, n | Positive association with Maternal BMI/Adiposity | No Association with Maternal BMI/Adiposity | Negative Association with Maternal BMI/Adiposity | |||||||
| All | Comparison | Correlation | All | Comparison | Correlation | All | Comparison | Correlation | ||
| Fat | 19 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Protein | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lactose | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1 BMI, body mass index; n, total number of included studies. “All” combines the number of studies from both comparison and correlation analysis. One study has reported both comparison and correlation analysis [26] which influenced on the number of studies underlined.