No protective effect of breastfeeding on inhibitor formation in severe hemophilia

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2005 Oct-Nov;22(7):575-80. doi: 10.1080/08880010500198764.

Abstract

It has been suggested that breastfeeding may prevent inhibitor formation in patients with hemophilia. In a single-center retrospective cohort study, the authors studied the association between breastfeeding and inhibitor development in 90 severe hemophilia A patients born 1975-2003. Mean follow-up was 13.2 years (standard deviation 8.7). A total of 62% of patients received breastfeeding and 20% developed inhibitors. The inhibitor rate according to breastfeeding was similar: 21% in patients who were breastfed and 18% in others. Patients who were breastfed received their first treatment 0.3 years earlier. After adjustment for age at first treatment, we found no protective effect of breastfeeding on inhibitor formation.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors / blood*
  • Breast Feeding*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Hemophilia A / blood*
  • Hemophilia A / drug therapy
  • Hemophilia A / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors