Is breast feeding associated with offspring IQ at age 5? Findings from prospective cohort: Lifestyle During Pregnancy Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Breast feeding is associated with health benefits for both mother and child, but many studies focusing on neurodevelopment have lacked information on important confounders and few randomised trials exist. Our objective was to examine the influence of breast feeding on child IQ at 5 years of age while taking maternal IQ and other relevant factors into account.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

Population-based birth cohort in Denmark.

Participants

We used data from The Lifestyle During Pregnancy Study 1782 mother-child pairs sampled from the Danish National Birth Cohort (n=101 042).

Outcome measures

Child IQ was assessed at age 5 years by the Wechsler Primary and Preschool Scales of Intelligence-Revised. On the same occasion mater

SUBMITTER: Strom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549733 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature