Lactation duration and lifetime progression to metabolic syndrome in women according to their history of gestational diabetes: a prospective longitudinal community-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the many signs of progress in pharmacotherapies, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the main public-health burdens worldwide. Our study aimed to compare the effect of breastfeeding (BF) in women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on MetS incidence.

Methods

Of females who participated in the Tehran Lipid and glucose study, women who met our inclusion criteria were selected. The Cox proportional hazards regression model, with adjustment of potential confounders, was done to evaluate the relationship between duration of BF and incident of MetS in women with a GDM history compared to non-GDM.

Results

Out of 1176 women, there were 1001 non-GDM and 175 GDM. The median follow-up was 16.3 (11.9, 19.3) years. Results of the adjusted model

SUBMITTER: Farahmand M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987076 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature