title: Long-term follow-up of children breast-fed by mothers receiving depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate.
abstract: A long-term follow-up study compared development and health of 128 breast-fed children whose mothers had received depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (depot-MPA) while lactating and 142 control children whose mothers had used mechanical contraceptives or no contraceptives or had undergone sterilization. The children, who were approximately 4-1/2 years old at follow-up, showed no ill effects on their growth and development and health status from exposure to depot-MPA. Depot-MPA-treated mothers lactated significantly longer than controls and also had greater parity than controls. These factors apparently contributed to a difference in weight at follow-up. Compared with the Sempe-Pedron standard, more of the depot-MPA group were underweight and more controls were overweight.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002657:Child Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007774:Lactation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D011247:Pregnancy; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone