Prior lactation reduces future diabetic risk through sustained postweaning effects on insulin sensitivity

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2017, Pages E215-E223

  Bajaj, Harpreet ^a   Ye, Chang ^a   Hanley, Anthony J ^a,b   Connelly, Philip W ^b,c,d   Sermer, Mathew ^b   Zinman, Bernard ^a,b,e   Retnakaran, Ravi ^a,b,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Diabetes; Insulin sensitivity; Lactation; Prediabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSGLYCEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTWEANING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; WEANING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PREDIABETIC STATE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014527935     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00403.2016     Document Type: Article

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