Lactation intensity and postpartum maternal glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in women with recent GDM: the SWIFT cohort

Erica P Gunderson, Monique M Hedderson, Vicky Chiang, Yvonne Crites, David Walton, Robert A Azevedo, Gary Fox, Cathie Elmasian, Stephen Young, Nora Salvador, Michael Lum, Charles P Quesenberry, Joan C Lo, Barbara Sternfeld, Assiamira Ferrara, Joseph V Selby, Erica P Gunderson, Monique M Hedderson, Vicky Chiang, Yvonne Crites, David Walton, Robert A Azevedo, Gary Fox, Cathie Elmasian, Stephen Young, Nora Salvador, Michael Lum, Charles P Quesenberry, Joan C Lo, Barbara Sternfeld, Assiamira Ferrara, Joseph V Selby

Abstract

Objective: To examine the association between breastfeeding intensity in relation to maternal blood glucose and insulin and glucose intolerance based on the postpartum 2-h 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) results at 6-9 weeks after a pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Research design and methods: We selected 522 participants enrolled into the Study of Women, Infant Feeding, and Type 2 Diabetes (SWIFT), a prospective observational cohort study of Kaiser Permanente Northern California members diagnosed with GDM using the 3-h 100-g OGTT by the Carpenter and Coustan criteria. Women were classified as normal, prediabetes, or diabetes according to American Diabetes Association criteria based on the postpartum 2-h 75-g OGTT results.

Results: Compared with exclusive or mostly formula feeding (>17 oz formula per 24 h), exclusive breastfeeding and mostly breastfeeding (≤6 oz formula per 24 h) groups, respectively, had lower adjusted mean (95% CI) group differences in fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) of -4.3 (-7.4 to -1.3) and -5.0 (-8.5 to -1.4), in fasting insulin (μU/mL) of -6.3 (-10.1 to -2.4) and -7.5 (-11.9 to -3.0), and in 2-h insulin of -21.4 (-41.0 to -1.7) and -36.5 (-59.3 to -13.7) (all P < 0.05). Exclusive or mostly breastfeeding groups had lower prevalence of diabetes or prediabetes (P = 0.02).

Conclusions: Higher intensity of lactation was associated with improved fasting glucose and lower insulin levels at 6-9 weeks' postpartum. Lactation may have favorable effects on glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity that may reduce diabetes risk after GDM pregnancy.

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Glucose tolerance categories (2-h 75-g OGTT) among infant feeding groups at 6–9 weeks’ postpartum. A: Entire cohort (n = 522). B: Obese women only (n = 241). Normal (white bar), prediabetes (gray bar), diabetes (black bar). BF, breastfeeding; FF, formula feeding.

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