TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity of maternal reporting of breast feeding history and the association with blood lipids in 17 year olds in Jerusalem
AU - Kark, J. D.
AU - Troya, G.
AU - Friedlander, Y.
AU - Slater, P. E.
AU - Stein, Y.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - The validity of mothers' reporting of the breast feeding history of their children more than 20 years after birth was studied in a Jerusalem population. Among 74 study subjects, duration of breast feeding as ascertained from an interview was well correlated with that recorded in mother and child health clinic charts. Concordance was of similar magnitude in subgroups of ethnicity, mother's education, family size, and sex of child, Duration of breast feeding in 101 youngsters was inversely associated with plasma cholesterol in 17 year old girls, though not in boys, which was statistically significant on univariate analysis and of borderline significance on multivariable analysis. Among 17 year old boys, though not in girls, a statistically significant inverse association for plasma triglyceride was apparent on multivariable analysis. Reported breast feeding history derived from interview of mothers may be a useful instrument for study of possible long term effects of breast feeding in their adolescent or adult progeny.
AB - The validity of mothers' reporting of the breast feeding history of their children more than 20 years after birth was studied in a Jerusalem population. Among 74 study subjects, duration of breast feeding as ascertained from an interview was well correlated with that recorded in mother and child health clinic charts. Concordance was of similar magnitude in subgroups of ethnicity, mother's education, family size, and sex of child, Duration of breast feeding in 101 youngsters was inversely associated with plasma cholesterol in 17 year old girls, though not in boys, which was statistically significant on univariate analysis and of borderline significance on multivariable analysis. Among 17 year old boys, though not in girls, a statistically significant inverse association for plasma triglyceride was apparent on multivariable analysis. Reported breast feeding history derived from interview of mothers may be a useful instrument for study of possible long term effects of breast feeding in their adolescent or adult progeny.
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U2 - 10.1136/jech.38.3.218
DO - 10.1136/jech.38.3.218
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C2 - 6470599
AN - SCOPUS:0021215726
SN - 0143-005X
VL - 38
SP - 218
EP - 225
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
IS - 3
ER -