OBJECTIVE: Breastfeeding and infant weight change are both associated with adiposity. We examined the extent to which infant weight change mediates the association between breastfeeding and adiposity at age 3 years. METHODS: We studied 884 children in a prospective cohort study. We determined breastfeeding status in the first 6 months. Our primary outcomes at 3 years were body mass index (BMI) z score and the sum of subscapular and triceps skinfold thicknesses (SS + TR); we also assessed obesity. We defined infant weight change as change in weight-for-age z score between birth and 6 months. We performed multivariable regression analyses. RESULTS: At age 6 months, 25.0% of infants were fully breastfed. At age 3 years, mean (standard deviation) BMI z score was 0.45 (1.03). In linear regression analyses adjusted for mother's educational level, race/ethnicity, smoking, BMI, pregnancy weight gain and birth weight (adjusted for gestational age), the BMI z score of fully breastfed children was 0.17 (95% CI: -0.43, 0.09) units lower than never breastfed children. After additional adjustment for infant weight change, the estimate was attenuated (-0.03, 95% CI: -0.27, 0.20). Adjustment for infant weight change only modestly attenuated estimates for SS + TR (from -1.48 mm [95% CI: -2.52, -0.44] to -1.16 mm [95% CI: -2.18, -0.14]), and for the odds of being obese (from 0.21 [95% CI: 0.07, 0.68] to 0.29 [95% CI: 0.08, 1.05]). CONCLUSION: Infant weight change between birth and 6 months mediates associations of breastfeeding with BMI, but only partially with indicators of child adiposity.
OBJECTIVE: Breastfeeding and infant weight change are both associated with adiposity. We examined the extent to which infant weight change mediates the association between breastfeeding and adiposity at age 3 years. METHODS: We studied 884 children in a prospective cohort study. We determined breastfeeding status in the first 6 months. Our primary outcomes at 3 years were body mass index (BMI) z score and the sum of subscapular and triceps skinfold thicknesses (SS + TR); we also assessed obesity. We defined infant weight change as change in weight-for-age z score between birth and 6 months. We performed multivariable regression analyses. RESULTS: At age 6 months, 25.0% of infants were fully breastfed. At age 3 years, mean (standard deviation) BMI z score was 0.45 (1.03). In linear regression analyses adjusted for mother's educational level, race/ethnicity, smoking, BMI, pregnancy weight gain and birth weight (adjusted for gestational age), the BMI z score of fully breastfed children was 0.17 (95% CI: -0.43, 0.09) units lower than never breastfed children. After additional adjustment for infant weight change, the estimate was attenuated (-0.03, 95% CI: -0.27, 0.20). Adjustment for infant weight change only modestly attenuated estimates for SS + TR (from -1.48 mm [95% CI: -2.52, -0.44] to -1.16 mm [95% CI: -2.18, -0.14]), and for the odds of being obese (from 0.21 [95% CI: 0.07, 0.68] to 0.29 [95% CI: 0.08, 1.05]). CONCLUSION:Infant weight change between birth and 6 months mediates associations of breastfeeding with BMI, but only partially with indicators of child adiposity.
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