I wondered about this too, but the one study under discussion did
correct for maternal age and parity.  So theoretically it should be
breastfeeding alone, not confounded by age and/or parity, that is
being considered as a factor for incontinence.

Margaret
Longmont, CO
Daughter of a math teacher, yet inclined to think of statistics as
just a big old bag of tricks sometimes :-)

>I'd wonder if the correlation between extended breastfeeding and
>incontinence would have anything to do with maternal age and/or parity --
>aren't older moms in this culture more likely to breastfeed longer, and
>aren't "last babies" more likely to be breastfed longer?
>
>Ruth Piatak
>LLL Leader
>Plano, TX
>

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