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Blood Pressure
Reduced BP associated with breastfeeding may confer important benefits
April 7th, 2005
A recent review focused on breastfeeding in infancy and blood pressure in later life. According to the review from England, "The influence of breastfeeding on blood pressure in later life is uncertain. [We] conducted a systematic review of published studies from which estimates of a mean difference (standard error) in blood pressure between breastfed and bottle-fed subjects could be derived. [We] searched MEDLINE and Excerpta Medica (EMBASE) bibliographic databases, which was supplemented by manual searches of reference lists." "Fifteen studies (17 observations) including 17,503 subjects were summarized. Systolic blood pressure was lower in breastfed...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-07)
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