Lifetime duration of lactation and chronic inflammation among middle-aged women with a history of gestational diabetes.

Sylvia H LeyJorge E ChavarroStefanie N HinkleMengying LiMichael Y TsaiFrank B HuCuilin Zhang

Published in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2021)

Longer lifetime duration of lactation was associated with favorable inflammatory biomarker concentrations in middle-aged women with a history of GDM. Chronic inflammatory pathways may be responsible for previously reported associations between lactation and long-term risk for cardiometabolic diseases.

Keyphrases

middle aged
dairy cows
human milk
oxidative stress
low birth weight
pregnant women
preterm infants
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth