Breastfeeding and maternal cardiovascular risk factors: 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the association of breastfeeding duration with maternal metabolic cardiovascular risk factors among women who have been prospectively followed since birth in a southern Brazilian city. In the unadjusted analysis, total cholesterol was higher among women who never breastfed in relation to those who breastfed ≥12 months. Among women with one livebirth, a shorter duration of breastfeeding was associated with lower HDL, while those with two or more livebirths and that breastfed for shorter time presented lower pulse wave velocity, glycaemia and non-HDL measures. After controlling for confounding variables, the magnitude of these associations decreased, and the confidence intervals included the reference. Concerning the duration of breastfeeding of the last child, the analy

SUBMITTER: Lima NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739402 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature