Research Article

Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Volume: 13 Number: 3 May 31, 2023
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Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to investigate whether breastfeeding in early childhood affect the risk of devoloping inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Materials and Methods: The data of patients obtained from the survey were compared to the data of their non-IBD siblings as a control group. The relationship between the demographic and clinical chararecteristics of IBD patients and breastfeeding was also analyzed. Results: 304 IBD patients were included in the study. 182 (59.9%) of the patients were diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC), and 122 (40.1%) with Crohn’s disease (CD). The CD patients included in the study were compared to the CD siblings group of 332, and the UC patients compared with the UC siblings group of 508. Compared to the control groups, the proportion of those who never breastfed was higher in both the CD and UC groups (7.4% vs. 2.1% for CD [p=0.017] and 3.9% vs. 0.8% for UC [p=0.01]), and the risk of disease increased in those who was not breastfed (OR= 3.70 [1.35-10.16] for CD [p=0.017] and OR= 5.07 for UC [1.47-17.53] [p=0.010]). The protective effect against CD increased as the duration of breastfeeding increased, but that the protection increased with breastfeeding for up to 12 months for UC, and breastfeeding for more than 12 months did not provide additional protection. There was no relationship between breastfeeding and demographic and behavioral chracteristics of patients Conclusions: Not having been breastfed in infancy increases the risk of developing both UC and CD, and as the duration of breastfeeding increases, the protection against diseases risk increases.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 31, 2023

Submission Date

April 8, 2023

Acceptance Date

May 22, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 13 Number: 3

APA
Tenlik, İ., Öztürk, Ö., Coşkun, O., Arı, D., Bacaksız, F., Yüksel, M., Yeşil, B., & Durak, M. B. (2023). Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 13(3), 479-483. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1279389
AMA
1.Tenlik İ, Öztürk Ö, Coşkun O, et al. Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Contemp Med. 2023;13(3):479-483. doi:10.16899/jcm.1279389
Chicago
Tenlik, İlyas, Ömer Öztürk, Orhan Coşkun, et al. 2023. “Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 13 (3): 479-83. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1279389.
EndNote
Tenlik İ, Öztürk Ö, Coşkun O, Arı D, Bacaksız F, Yüksel M, Yeşil B, Durak MB (May 1, 2023) Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 13 3 479–483.
IEEE
[1]İ. Tenlik et al., “Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, J Contemp Med, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 479–483, May 2023, doi: 10.16899/jcm.1279389.
ISNAD
Tenlik, İlyas - Öztürk, Ömer - Coşkun, Orhan - Arı, Derya - Bacaksız, Ferhat - Yüksel, Mahmut - Yeşil, Bayram - Durak, Muhammed Bahaddin. “Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 13/3 (May 1, 2023): 479-483. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1279389.
JAMA
1.Tenlik İ, Öztürk Ö, Coşkun O, Arı D, Bacaksız F, Yüksel M, Yeşil B, Durak MB. Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Contemp Med. 2023;13:479–483.
MLA
Tenlik, İlyas, et al. “Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, vol. 13, no. 3, May 2023, pp. 479-83, doi:10.16899/jcm.1279389.
Vancouver
1.İlyas Tenlik, Ömer Öztürk, Orhan Coşkun, Derya Arı, Ferhat Bacaksız, Mahmut Yüksel, Bayram Yeşil, Muhammed Bahaddin Durak. Effect of Breastfeeding on the Risk of Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Contemp Med. 2023 May 1;13(3):479-83. doi:10.16899/jcm.1279389