Difference of Creamatocrit in Colostrum between Preterm and Term Delivery Women

Objectives: Demonstrate the difference of fat concentration of colostrum between mothers with preterm delivery and mothers with term delivery, using creamatocrit (CRCT) as analytic method. Materials and Methods: The enrollment period was from January to June, 2016. Two hundred and twenty nursing mothers were divided into 2 groups based on gestational age, 44 preterm and 176 term delivery mothers in the first and second groups, respectively. Colostrum was collected from all participants on the third day of postpartum, transferred into capillary tubes and sorted into groups to perform CRCT. CRCT were compared between groups, univariable and multivariable regression analysis was employed to clarify indicators affected to CRCT as secondary analysis. Results: The demographic data of participants have no significant difference in terms of age, blood pressure, body mass index, body weight, height, parity and type of delivery. As from CRCT analysis, mean value of CRCT of colostrum samples from preterm and term groups are 5.89±2.20% and 6.59±2.50%, respectively, with no statistical significant. Secondary analysis of age, maternal total weight gain, body mass index at delivery, hypertension, diabetes, parity, route of delivery, hematocrit at delivery and newborn birth weight revealed no statistical significant effect of all parameters to CRCT. Conclusion: By using CRCT analysis, the outcome of fat concentration for both delivery groups were revealed no statistical significant difference, regardless of affected indicators such as age, body weight, total weight gain during gestation, parity, maternal blood pressure and types of delivery.