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Correspondence
Postpartum breastfeeding status
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  1. Christine Betzold
  1. Nursing, ProHealth Partners, Long Beach, CA, USA
  1. Correspondence to Ms Christine Betzold, Prohealth Partners; Lacnackrnp{at}aol.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213414

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    According to the abstract,1 it does not appear that the postpartum woman’s lactation status was taken into account. So I am wondering, couldn’t their status alter the findings, given some of the major hormonal, immune function, and metabolic differences between woman that exclusively breast feed vs formula feed?

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    • Funding This letter received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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    • Correspondence response
      Response to: ‘Postpartum breastfeeding status’ by Betzold
      Amanda M Eudy Anna Maria Siega-Riz Stephanie M Engel Nora Franceschini Annie Green Howard Megan E B Clowse Michelle Petri
      Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2018; 78 e38-e38 Published Online First: 11 Apr 2018. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213427