Lactation duration and development of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in postpartum women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted risk ratios of prediabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome in the maintaining breastfeeding group

	Not maintaining breastfeeding^a	Maintaining breastfeeding	Unadjusted RR (95% CI)	Adjusted RR (95% CI)
	(n = 57)	(n = 73)
Prediabetes	25 (43.9)	18 (24.7)	0.56 (0.34, 0.92)	0.54 (0.29, 0.99)^b
T2DM	1 (1.8)	2 (2.7)	1.56 (0.15, 16.80)	–
MetS	14 (24.6)	8 (11.0)	0.45 (0.20, 0.99)	0.47 (0.19, 1.06)^c

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise specified
Abbreviations BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, MetS metabolic syndrome, RR risk ratio, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus
^a Reference group
^b Adjusted for age, family history of diabetes, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight change from delivery to six months postpartum, and prediabetes at baseline
^c Adjusted for age, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight change from delivery to six months postpartum, and prediabetes at baseline

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