TY - JOUR
T1 - Breastfeeding duration in families with type 1 diabetes compared to non-affected families
T2 - results from BABYDIAB and DONALD studies in Germany
AU - Schoen, Stefanie
AU - Sichert-Hellert, Wolfgang
AU - Hummel, Sandra
AU - Ziegler, Anette G.
AU - Kersting, Mathilde
PY - 2008/9/1
Y1 - 2008/9/1
N2 - Background: There are only a few small studies that compare breastfeeding rates in mothers with and without type 1 diabetes (T1D). Study design: We studied breastfeeding duration in 665 German infants whose mother and/or father had T1D from the BABYDIAB Study (data collected between 1992 and 2000) and compared it with data from 268 German infants of unaffected parents from the DONALD Study. Results: Infants with a parent who had T1D were less likely to be breastfed and breastfed for shorter lengths of time than infants from unaffected families. Mothers with T1D showed a positive long-term breastfeeding time trend, but did not reach the rates of the DONALD Study. Conclusions: This study identified minor secular trends influencing the differences in breastfeeding initiation and duration between families affected with T1D and those without.
AB - Background: There are only a few small studies that compare breastfeeding rates in mothers with and without type 1 diabetes (T1D). Study design: We studied breastfeeding duration in 665 German infants whose mother and/or father had T1D from the BABYDIAB Study (data collected between 1992 and 2000) and compared it with data from 268 German infants of unaffected parents from the DONALD Study. Results: Infants with a parent who had T1D were less likely to be breastfed and breastfed for shorter lengths of time than infants from unaffected families. Mothers with T1D showed a positive long-term breastfeeding time trend, but did not reach the rates of the DONALD Study. Conclusions: This study identified minor secular trends influencing the differences in breastfeeding initiation and duration between families affected with T1D and those without.
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U2 - 10.1089/bfm.2007.0027
DO - 10.1089/bfm.2007.0027
M3 - Article
C2 - 18778212
AN - SCOPUS:51349130013
SN - 1556-8253
VL - 3
SP - 171
EP - 175
JO - Breastfeeding Medicine
JF - Breastfeeding Medicine
IS - 3
ER -
