title: Low prevalence of long-term breastfeeding among women with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of long-term breastfeeding among women with type 2 diabetes compared to women with type 1 diabetes and to identify predictors of long-term breastfeeding for women with pre-gestational diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 149 women with diabetes were interviewed about long-term breastfeeding, defined as any breastfeeding 4 months postpartum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-eight percent of the women aimed to breastfeed. At time of discharge, any breastfeeding was frequent for both groups of women (86% versus 93%, p = 0.17). However, 4 months postpartum, the 44 women with type 2 diabetes showed significantly lower prevalence of breastfeeding than the 105 women with type 1 diabetes (34% versus 61%, p < 0.01). Number of feedings in the first 24 h was an independent positive predictor, whereas pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and smoking were independent negative predictors of long-term breastfeeding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of long-term breastfeeding among women with type 2 diabetes was considerably lower than in women with type 1 diabetes. Number of feedings in the first 24 h was positive and BMI and smoking were negative predictors of long-term breastfeeding in women with pre-gestational diabetes.
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|b Department of Endocrinology , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .
authors.forename: Camilla W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Herskin
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|c Department of Obstetrics , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark , and.
authors.forename: Edna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stage
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|c Department of Obstetrics , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark , and.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barfred
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|c Department of Obstetrics , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark , and.
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Emmersen
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|c Department of Obstetrics , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark , and.
authors.forename: Vibeke
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ladefoged Nichum
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|c Department of Obstetrics , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark , and.|d Department of Clinical Medicine , Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Damm
authors.affiliation: a Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|b Department of Endocrinology , Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark .|d Department of Clinical Medicine , Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.
authors.forename: Elisabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Mathiesen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Breastfeeding; lactation; long-term breastfeeding; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes