Lactation and maternal risk of diabetes: Evidence from the Mexican Teachers' Cohort.

ABSTRACT: One postpartum behaviour that may be protective against diabetes is lactation due to its potential role in resetting maternal metabolism after pregnancy. However, the role of lactation in maternal risk of diabetes has not been investigated in Latin American populations, where rates of breastfeeding are suboptimal and diabetes incidence is increasing. Therefore, our aim was to estimate the association between mean duration of lactation per child and maternal incidence of diabetes. We followed 66,573 women from the Mexican Teachers' Cohort free of diabetes at baseline. Incident diabetes was ascertained through triennial questionnaires and lactation history was asked in baseline questionnaire. We used Cox proportional hazards regression models to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) for diabetes by

SUBMITTER: Mazariegos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6859980 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature