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Breastfed babies have lower risk of type 2 diabetes 3-2-08
Breastfeeding may reduce the risk
of type 2 diabetes in the babies during their teen years and young adulthood,
according to a study published only Dec. 10, 2007 in Diabetes Care.
The study by Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis at the University of South Carolina and
colleagues from within the university and University of Colorado School of
Medicine and Wake Forest University School of Medicine showed young people ever
breastfed were 74 percent less likely to have type 2 diabetes than those never
breastfed.
The SEARCH Case-Control Study involved eighty people aged 10 to 21 who had type
2 diabetes and were treated on six clinical sites and 167 non-diabetic control
subjects from primary care provider offices. Breastfeeding status was recalled
by biological mothers.
The researchers found prevalence of breast-feeding was significantly lower among
those who had type 2 diabetes than the controls, 19.5% vs. 27.1% for blacks,
50.0% vs. 83% for Hispanics and 39.1% vs. 77.6% for non-Hispanic whites.
The overall risk of type 2 diabetes for those who were ever breastfed was only
26% of the risk for those who were never breastfed. The risk reduction by
breastfeeding after considering 12 potential confounders was still significant,
57%.
But when body mass index was considered, the risk reduction was attenuated to
18%, suggesting that possible mediation through current childhood weight status,
the researchers write in their report.
Breastfeeding was associated with the reduction in diabetes risk in a
dose-dependent manner even after all possible confounders and BMI z-score were
adjusted.
The researchers concluded that "breast-feeding appears to be protective against
development of type 2 diabetes in youth, mediated in part by current weight
status in childhood."