Association between Breastfeeding and Severity of Acute Viral Respiratory Tract Infection.
AUTHORS
Vereen
S ,
Gebretsadik
T ,
Hartert
TV ,
Minton
P ,
Woodward
K ,
Liu
Z ,
Carroll
KN ,
. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2014 4 18; ().
- NIHMSID: 8701858
ABSTRACT
In a cross-sectional analysis of 629 mother-infants dyads, breastfeeding (ever vs. never) was associated with a decreased relative odds of a lower versus upper respiratory tract infection (AOR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.42, 0.99). There was not a significant association between breastfeeding and bronchiolitis severity score or length of hospital stay.
In a cross-sectional analysis of 629 mother-infants dyads, breastfeeding (ever vs. never) was associated with a decreased relative odds of a lower versus upper respiratory tract infection (AOR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.42, 0.99). There was not a significant association between breastfeeding and bronchiolitis severity score or length of hospital stay.
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