American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 138.e1-138.e8 , February 2009

Duration of lactation and incidence of myocardial infarction in middle to late adulthood

Presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 5-10, 2007.

  • Alison M. Stuebe, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Alison M. Stuebe, MD, MSc, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3010 Old Clinic Building, CB#7516, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7516
    • ,
  • Karin B. Michels, ScD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Kathryn Rexrode, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Janet W. Rich-Edwards, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Received 20 March 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2008 ,Accepted 2 October 2008.

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 Cite this article as: Stuebe AM, Michels KB, Willett WC, et al. Duration of lactation and incidence of myocardial infarction in middle to late adulthood. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:138.e1-138.e8.

 This study was supported in part by Public Health Service research Grants CA87969, HL34594, and HL60712 from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0002-9378(08)02005-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.10.001

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 138.e1-138.e8 , February 2009

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