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

Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted risk ratios of prediabetes and metabolic syndrome six months postpartum in participants with exclusive breastfeeding at six months and partial breastfeeding at six months

	Breastfeeding practice group
	Not maintaining breastfeeding (n = 57)	Partial breastfeeding at six months (n = 24)		Exclusive breastfeeding at six months (n = 49)
	Not maintaining breastfeeding (n = 57)	Unadjusted RR (95% CI)	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	Unadjusted RR (95% CI)	Adjusted RR (95% CI)
Prediabetes	1.00 (reference)	0.76 (0.40, 1.44)	0.79 (0.25, 2.49)^a	0.47 (0.25, 0.87)	0.46 (0.22, 0.97)^a
MetS	1.00 (reference)	0.68 (0.25, 1.85)	0.69 (0.22, 2.07)^b	0.33 (0.12, 0.94)	0.34 (0.11, 0.99)^b

Abbreviations BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, MetS metabolic syndrome, RR risk ratio
^aAdjusted for age, family history of diabetes, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight change from delivery to six months postpartum, and prediabetes at baseline
^bAdjusted for age, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight change from delivery to six months postpartum, and prediabetes at baseline

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