Journal article
The association of maternal gestational hyperglycemia with breastfeeding duration and markers of milk production
WW Pang, DT Geddes, CT Lai, SY Chan, YH Chan, CY Cheong, D Fok, MC Chua, SB Lim, J Huang, S Pundir, KH Tan, F Yap, KM Godfrey, PD Gluckman, LP Shek, MH Vickers, JG Eriksson, YS Chong, ME Wlodek
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab142
Abstract
Background: Previous studies focusing on the association between gestational diabetes and breastfeeding duration have been inconclusive. Objectives: We aimed to determine whether maternal gestational hyperglycemia is associated with the duration of breastfeeding and the concentrations of markers linked to breastmilk production. Methods: Data from the prospective, multiethnic Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes study were used to assess the association of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h postglucose challenge (2hPG) measured at 26 28 wk of gestation with duration of breastfeeding and concentrations of protein, lactose, citrate, sodium, potassium, and zinc in breastmilk 3 wk p..
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Awarded by European Commission
Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by the Singapore National Research Foundation under its Translational and Clinical Research (TCR) Flagship Programme and administered by the Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore (NMRC/TCR/004-NUS/2008; NMRC/TCR/012-NUHS/2014). Additional funding was provided by the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR). Measurements of breastmilk components were funded by the Allen Foundation, Inc. KMG is supported by the UK Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12011/4), the National Institute for Health Research [NIHR; as an NIHR Senior Investigator (NF-SI-0515-10042) and through the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre], and the European Union's Erasmus + Capacity-Building ENeA SEA Project and Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013), projects EarlyNutrition and ODIN under grant agreement numbers 289346 and 613977.