Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: The pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia study

DK Longmore; A Titmuss; E Barr; F Barzi; A Simmonds; IL Lee; E Hawthorne; R Derkenne; C Connors; J Boyle; P Zimmet; K O'Dea; J Oats; HD McIntyre; A Brown; J Shaw; LJ Maple-Brown

Journal article

Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: The pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia study

DK Longmore, A Titmuss, E Barr, F Barzi, A Simmonds, IL Lee, E Hawthorne, R Derkenne, C Connors, J Boyle, P Zimmet, K O'Dea, J Oats, HD McIntyre, A Brown, J Shaw, LJ Maple-Brown

Pediatric Obesity | WILEY | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12891

Abstract

Background: Benefits of breastfeeding on infant growth in children born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are uncertain. Objectives: To describe growth trajectories between birth and 14 months according to breastfeeding and maternal hyperglycaemia in pregnancy, and assess associations between breastfeeding and 14 month growth outcomes among children born to mothers with GDM. Subjects/methods: Data on 258 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants from the PANDORA study born to mothers with normoglycaemia (n = 73), GDM (n = 122), or with pre-existing type 2 diabetes (n = 63) in pregnancy were assessed. Infant weight and BMI growth trajectories according to predominant bre..

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Danielle Longmore Author

I-Lynn Lee Author

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

The PANDORA study is a longitudinal birth cohort study recruited from a clinical register of Northern Territory women with diabetes in pregn..

NTDIP: NORTHERN TERRITORY DIABETES IN PREGNANCY PROJECT

Diabetes in pregnancy provides exposure to high sugar levels before birth which can result in the child developing obesity, diabetes and car..

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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.