The relationship between breastfeeding and reported respiratory and gastrointestinal infection rates in young children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although breastfeeding is touted as providing many health benefits to infants, some aspects of this relationship remain poorly understood.

Methods

The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) is a prospective longitudinal study that follows children from birth through childhood, and collects data on illness events, breastfeeding duration, and time to introduction of formula or foods at 3 month intervals up until 4 years of age and at 6 months intervals thereafter. Exclusive and non-exclusive breastfeeding is examined in relation to the 3-month odds of a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection for 6861 children between the ages of 3-18 months, and 5666 children up to the age of 4 years. Analysis was performed using logistic regression models wi

SUBMITTER: Frank NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6749679 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature