Little is known about the long-term effect of lactation on maternal cardiovascular health except for a few animal or human experimental studies. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of lactation on the incidence of hypertension in premenopausal women.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Yeounton-gu, Suwon 443-721, Republic of Korea. solee@ajou.ac.kr