Breastfeeding in infancy and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older adulthood: a prospective study of 0.36 million UK Biobank participants

• Main Authors: Shanshan Li (Author), Xiaoyan Wang (Author), Xinmei Li (Author), Weiwei Zhang (Author), Yingying Guo (Author), Nuo Xu (Author), Junkai Luo (Author), Shankuan Zhu (Author), Wei He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cardiovascular disease originates in early life. We aimed to investigate the association between breastfeeding in infancy and cardiovascular disease in adult life. Methods: We followed 364,240 participants from UK Biobank aged 40-73 years from 2006 - 2010 to 2021. Information on breastfe...