Evidence for protection by breast-feeding against infant deaths from infectious diseases in Brazil

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).

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1987

Erschienen:

1987

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Lancet (London, England) - 2(1987), 8554 vom: 08. Aug., Seite 319-22

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Victora, C G [VerfasserIn]
Smith, P G [VerfasserIn]
Vaughan, J P [VerfasserIn]
Nobre, L C [VerfasserIn]
Lombardi, C [VerfasserIn]
Teixeira, A M [VerfasserIn]
Fuchs, S M [VerfasserIn]
Moreira, L B [VerfasserIn]
Gigante, L P [VerfasserIn]
Barros, F C [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

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
Journal Article
Latin America
Mortality
Nutrition
Physiology
Population
Population Dynamics
Pulmonary Effects
Research Methodology
Research Report
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory Insufficiency
South America
Studies
Supplementary Feeding

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.09.1987

Date Revised 16.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM028681010