Effect of breastfeeding for 6 months on disease outcomes in patients with Kawasaki disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systematic vasculitis that occurs predominantly in young children, and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children younger than five-years-old in developed countries. Although the etiology of KD is unknown, it is believed to be an inflammatory disease resulting from abnormal immune responses to possible environmental or infectious stimuli in genetically predisposed individuals. Breast milk contains numerous anti-inflammatory factors which may protect against allergic and autoimmune diseases. In this study we tried to examine the effect of breastfeeding for 6 months or more on disease outcomes in patients with Kawasaki disease.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of 249 KD patients admitted from 1999- 2013 who were older t

SUBMITTER: Guo MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691627 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature