Infant Feeding Practices During the First Postnatal Year and Risk of Asthma and Allergic Disease During the First 6 Years of Life.

ABSTRACT: Background: Breastfeeding may protect against childhood asthma and allergic diseases. Studies have not focused on the mode of feeding human milk and followed children to school age although feeding human milk from a bottle rather than the breast may alter the risk of disease. Materials and Methods: At 12 months' postpartum, women in the Moms2Moms study (Columbus, OH) completed a survey assessing sociodemographic and infant feeding behaviors. At 6 years' postpartum, they completed a survey and pediatric medical records were abstracted to assess asthma and allergic disease diagnoses. Logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between infant feeding behaviors and asthma or allergic disease. Results: Of 285 children, 16% had asthma a

SUBMITTER: Pelak G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8290294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature