| Literature DB >> 2886775 |
C G Victora, P G Smith, J P Vaughan, L C Nobre, C Lombardi, A M Teixeira, S M Fuchs, L B Moreira, L P Gigante, F C Barros.
Abstract
In a population-based case-control study of infant mortality in two urban areas of southern Brazil, the type of milk in an infant's diet was found to be an important risk factor for deaths from diarrhoeal and respiratory infections. Compared with infants who were breast-fed with no milk supplements, and after adjusting for confounding variables, those completely weaned had 14.2 and 3.6 times the risk of death from diarrhoea and respiratory infections, respectively. Part-weaning was associated with corresponding relative risks (RR) of 4.2 and 1.6. The risk of death from infections other than diarrhoea or respiratory infection was less clearly associated with breast-feeding (completely weaned, RR = 2.5; partly weaned, RR = 0.4). Cow's and formula milk seemed to be equally hazardous. For deaths due to diarrhoea the increased risk associated with not breast-feeding was greatest in the first two months of life (RR for completely weaned vs breast-fed without supplementary milk = 23.3).Entities:
Keywords: Americas; Biology; Bottle Feeding; Brazil; Breast Feeding--beneficial effects; Causes Of Death; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, Infantile; Differential Mortality; Diseases; Gastrointestinal Effects; Health; Infant Mortality; Infant Nutrition; Infections; Latin America; Mortality; Nutrition; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Pulmonary Effects; Research Methodology; Research Report; Respiratory Insufficiency; South America; Studies; Supplementary Feeding
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Year: 1987 PMID： 2886775 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)90902-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321