Infant feeding and idiopathic intussusception

A case-control study showed that, compared with infants who had never been fed human milk, breast-fed infants had a relative risk of intussusception of 6.0 (95% confidence interval, 1.8 to 20.4) when breast-feeding at admission was exclusive and of 2.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.8 to 6.6) when it w...

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Published inThe Journal of pediatrics Vol. 123; no. 4; pp. 593 - 595
Main Authors Pisacane, Alfredo, Caracciolo, Giuseppe, Luca, Ugo de, Grillo, Giacomo, Simeone, Claudio, Impagliazzo, Nicola, Mazzarella, Gianfranco
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.10.1993
Elsevier
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Summary:A case-control study showed that, compared with infants who had never been fed human milk, breast-fed infants had a relative risk of intussusception of 6.0 (95% confidence interval, 1.8 to 20.4) when breast-feeding at admission was exclusive and of 2.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.8 to 6.6) when it was partial. Exclusive breast-feeding may be a risk factor for intussusception in infancy.
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ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(05)80960-6