Abstract
The immunologic benefits of breastfeeding in infancy are well appreciated. Since trends in early infant feeding have changed over the past 25 years, we examined the frequency of insulin dependent diabetes (IDD) as a function of early infant feeding practice and duration of breastfeeding (BR) in 221 IDD patients and 240 of their non-diabetic siblings.
There was no correlation of BR with age at diagnosis or incidence of IDD in a given sex. Since hereditary, immunologic and, presumably, environmental factors were similar for children within each family, we conclude that breastfeeding imparts no immunologic protection against later development of IDD.
Article PDF
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Duncan, J., Malone, J. & Barron, J. 528 BREASTFEEDING: INFLUENCE ON SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES. Pediatr Res 19, 198 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198504000-00558
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198504000-00558
This article is cited by
-
The epidemiology of diabetes in childhood with special reference to the orient: Implications for mechanism of beta cell damage
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics (1989)