164 Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins in Early Milk from Mothers of Preterm and Term Infants and Thei Biological Relevance

Background: Breast fed preterm infants often show a better neurological outcome than formula-fed. The benefit of human milk is partly ascribed to it's content of the growth promoting insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). The aim of this study was to investigate, whether the content of IGFs und Their binding proteins (IGFBPs) is higher in human milk from mothers of preterm infants than of term infants and to test their biological relevance.