Infant Feeding and Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Two Large Scandinavian Birth Cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim was to study the relation between the duration of full and any breastfeeding and risk of type 1 diabetes.

Research design and methods

We included two population-based cohorts of children followed from birth (1996-2009) to 2014 (Denmark) or 2015 (Norway). We analyzed data from a total of 155,392 children participating in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC). Parents reported infant dietary practices when their child was 6 and 18 months old. The outcome was clinical type 1 diabetes, ascertained from nationwide childhood diabetes registries. Hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated using Cox regression.

Results

Type 1 diabetes was identified in 504 children during follow-up, and the incidence of type 1

SUBMITTER: Lund-Blix NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481976 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature