ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2013
Increased bone mineral density is associated with breastfeeding history in premenopausal Spanish women.
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- Lumbar spine bone mineral density in women breastfeeding for a period of 4 to 6 months: systematic review and meta-analysis.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of breastfeeding and osteoporotic fracture risk in the females.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017Pooled it
- Fracture incidence in women: the impact of reproductive characteristics.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Serotonergic System and Bone Metabolism During Pregnancy and Lactation and the Implications of SSRI Use on the Maternal-Offspring Dyad.Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia · 2023Review
- Quantitative ultrasound assessment of the effect of parity on bone mineral density in females.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- The evaluation of the mandibular bone structure changes related to lactation with fractal analysis.Oral radiology · 2020Article
- Hypocalcemia in Pregnancy: A Clinical Review Update.Oman medical journal · 2018Article
- Impact of beverage consumption, age, and site dependency on dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) measurements in perimenopausal women: a prospective study.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2017Article
- Association between prolonged breastfeeding and bone mineral density and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: KNHANES 2010-2011.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016Article
- Treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism does not affect bone mass as determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, peripheral quantitative computed tomography and quantitative bone ultrasound in Spanish women.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2015Article
- Presentation and management of osteoporosis presenting in association with pregnancy or lactation.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015Review
- Breast Feeding Is Associated with Postmenopausal Bone Loss: Findings from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Korean journal of family medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionDuring lactation abundant calcium is lost from the mother as a result of the amount of breast milk produced. Lactation leads to transient fragility, with some women experiencing even fragility fractures, but nearly all of these women subsequently undergo a large increase in bone mineral density (BMD), confirming that the BMD must have declined during lactation but it increases after weaning. We have retrospectively examined the relationship between the duration of breastfeeding and bone properties in Spanish premenopausal healthy women, to identify the site-specific changes in BMD. MATERIAL AND
methodsFour hundred and thirty-three premenopausal healthy women, 295 with a mean of 7.82 ±6.68 months of exclusive breastfeeding and 138 control women, were studied. We examined total, trabecular and cortical volumetric BMD (mg/mm(3)) at the distal radius using peripheral quantitative computed tomography. Areal BMD (g/cm(2)) was measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry at the femoral neck, lumbar spine, trochanter and Ward's triangle. Phalangeal bone ultrasound was measured by amplitude-dependent speed of sound.
resultsAreal BMD analysis at L2-L4 revealed significant intergroup differences (p < 0.05). There were significant intergroup differences in the volumetric BMD in both total and cortical bone (p < 0.05). The observed BMD of breast-feeders was higher than the BMD in non-breast-feeding women. Additionally, the lactation subgroup analysis revealed significant differences in the areal BMD at trochanter and L2-L4 (p < 0.05) and in the cortical volumetric BMD (p < 0.05).
conclusionsThis study adds to the growing evidence that breastfeeding has no deleterious effects and may confer an additional advantage for BMD in premenopausal women.
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