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Abstract
Aims/hypothesis: Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and obesity experience lower rates of breastfeeding. Little is known about breastfeeding among mothers with type 2 diabetes. Australian Indigenous women have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in pregnancy. We aimed to evaluate the association of hyperglycaemia, including type 2 diabetes, with breastfeeding outcomes. Methods: Indigenous (n = 495) and non-Indigenous (n = 555) participants of the Pregnancy And Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) cohort included women without hyperglycaemia in pregnancy (n = 222), with GDM (n = 684) and with type 2 diabetes (n = 144). The associations of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and breastfeeding at hospital discharge, 6 weeks and 6 months post-partum were evaluated with logistic regression, after adjustment for maternal obesity, ethnicity, maternal and neonatal characteristics. Results: Indigenous women were more likely to predominantly breastfeed at 6 weeks across all levels of hyperglycaemia. Compared with women with no hyperglycaemia in pregnancy, women with type 2 diabetes had lower odds for exclusive breastfeeding at discharge (adjusted OR for exclusive breastfeeding 0.4 [95% CI 0.2, 0.8] p = 0.006). At 6 weeks and 6 months, the relationship between type 2 diabetes and predominant breastfeeding was not statistically significant (6 weeks 0.7 [0.3, 1.6] p = 0.40, 6 months 0.8 [0.4, 1.6] p = 0.60). Women with gestational diabetes were as likely to achieve predominant breastfeeding at 6 weeks and 6 months as women without hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. Conclusions/interpretation: Indigenous women had high rates of breastfeeding. Women with type 2 diabetes had difficulty establishing exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge. Further research is needed to assess the impact on long-term breastfeeding outcomes. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2571-2581 |
Journal | Diabetologia |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- Breastfeeding
- Diabetes
- Diabetes associated with pregnancy
- Gestational diabetes mellitus
- Indigenous
- Intergenerational
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) Cohort
Maple-Brown, L. J., Brown, A., Connors, C., Sayers, S., O’Dea, K. O., Oats, J. J. N., McIntyre, H., Zimmet, P. & Boyle, J.
1/01/15 → 31/12/19
Project: Research