Impact of breastfeeding during infancy on functional constipation at 3 years of age: the Japan Environment and Children's Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of large, nationwide, birth cohort studies in Japan that examine the relationships of initial feeding habits and breastfeeding period duration with offspring functional constipation at 3 years of age. This study assessed the impact of breastfeeding during infancy on early childhood functional constipation.

Methods

The fixed data of 70,078 singleton births from the ongoing Japan Environment and Children's Study cohort study that commenced in 2011 were used to identify functional constipation as estimated by Rome III at 3 years of age. The exposure variables were breastfeeding period duration until 12 months of age (never, up to 6 months, or ≥ 7 months) as well as breastfeeding status at 1 month and 6 months of age (breastfeeding exclusively, partial

SUBMITTER: Motoki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626743 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature