Associations of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes during pregnancy with breastfeeding at hospital discharge and up to 6 months: the PANDORA study

DK Longmore; ELM Barr; AN Wilson; F Barzi; M Kirkwood; A Simmonds; IL Lee; E Hawthorne; P Van Dokkum; C Connors; JA Boyle; P Zimmet; K O’Dea; J Oats; HD McIntyre; ADH Brown; JE Shaw; LJ Maple-Brown

Journal article

Associations of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes during pregnancy with breastfeeding at hospital discharge and up to 6 months: the PANDORA study

DK Longmore, ELM Barr, AN Wilson, F Barzi, M Kirkwood, A Simmonds, IL Lee, E Hawthorne, P Van Dokkum, C Connors, JA Boyle, P Zimmet, K O’Dea, J Oats, HD McIntyre, ADH Brown, JE Shaw, LJ Maple-Brown

Diabetologia | SPRINGER | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05271-9

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 pre..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Danielle Longmore Author

Alyce N Wilson Author

I-Lynn Lee Author

Jeremy Oats Author

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PREGNANCY AND NEONATAL DIABETES OUTCOMES IN REMOTE AUSTRALIA (PANDORA) COHORT

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NTDIP: NORTHERN TERRITORY DIABETES IN PREGNANCY PROJECT

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Funding Acknowledgements

The PANDORA study was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC Partnership Project Grant #1032116, NHMRC #1078333). DKL was supported by an NHMRC scholarship (#1038372) and LJMB was supported by an NHMRC fellowship (#605837) and NHMRC Practitioner fellowship (#1078477). ELMB was supported by a National Heart Foundation post-doctoral fellowship (#101291). ILL was supported by an Australian Postgraduate award and Menzies scholarship. ADHB was supported by an NHMRC Senior Research fellowship (#1137563) and a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research fellowship. JES was supported by an NHMRC fellowship (#1079438). This paper reflects the views of the authors and not the NHMRC.