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Articles Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil Cesar G Victora, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Christian Loret de Mola, Luciana Quevedo, Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro, Denise P Gigante, Helen Gon?alves, Fernando C Barros Summary Background Breastfeeding has clear short-term bene? ts, but its long-term consequences on human capital are yet to be Lancet Glob Health 2015; established. We aimed to assess whether breastfeeding duration was associated with intelligence quotient (IQ), years 3: e199–205 of schooling, and income at the age of 30 years, in a setting where no strong social patterning of breastfeeding exists. See Comment page e179 Postgraduate Programme in Methods A prospective, population-based birth cohort study of neonates was launched in 1982 in Pelotas, Brazil. Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil, Information about breastfeeding was recorded in early childhood. At 30 years of age, we studied the IQ (Wechsler Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Adult Intelligence Scale, 3rd version), educational attainment, and income of the participants. For the analyses, we Brazil (Prof C G Victora PhD, used multiple linear regression with adjustment for ten confounding variables and the G-formula. B L Horta PhD, C Loret de Mola PhD, D P Gigante PhD, Findings From June 4, 2012, to Feb 28, 2013, of the 5914 neo