Lactation duration and ischemic heart disease among parous postmenopausal females from a prospective cohort study
Lactation demonstrates potential benefits in reducing IHD risk, appearing as U-shaped associations among Chinese parous postmenopausal females, especially for those with low SES in urban areas. Scaling up breastfeeding practices serves as a promising strategy for reducing the IHD burden in China.
Authors
- Peige Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-9759)
- Leying Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6600-6343)
- Weidi Sun
- Changzheng Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-8752)
- Shiyi Shan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8423-9576)
- Keyao Lu
- Wen Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8353-8855)
- Xue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-1654)
Institutions
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00806-w
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00