Duration of lactation and risk factors for maternal cardiovascular disease. | Vanderbilt Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation

Schwarz EB, Ray RM, Stuebe AM, Allison MA, Ness RB, Freiberg MS, Cauley JA. Duration of lactation and risk factors for maternal cardiovascular disease. Obstetrics and gynecology. 2009 May;113(113). 974-82. PMID: 19384111 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC2714700 NIHMSID: NIHMS125770.

Abstract

To examine dose-response relationships between the cumulative number of months women lactated and postmenopausal risk factors for cardiovascular disease.