Association between maternal prepregnancy obesity and breastfeeding duration: Data from a nationwide prospective birth cohort.

ABSTRACT: Association of maternal obesity with shorter breastfeeding duration may involve different factors and might be modified by parity. In a national birth cohort, we aimed to estimate the association between prepregnancy body mass index (pBMI) and breastfeeding duration after adjustment for sociodemographic, pregnancy, and other characteristics and assess the effect modification of parity in such associations. In 2012, 3,368 mother-infant dyads were randomly included at birth in the French Epifane cohort. Breastfeeding information was collected in maternity wards and by phone interview at 1, 4, 8, and 12 months postpartum. Poisson regression analyses estimated the association of pBMI with the number of days of "any breastfeeding" (ABF) and "exclusive breastfeeding" (EBF) in unadjusted and adju

SUBMITTER: Boudet-Berquier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082819 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature