Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

duration
Interview in hospital at
birth & at 6 months over
phone
(PABS)
Quality P P P P
Results
Adj OR any breastfeeding
at 6 months
1-19 cigarettes/ day vs no
1.04 (95%CI 0.70-1.52)
Adj OR breastfeeding for
longer than 6 months
3.7 (95%CI 1.6-8.8)
20 or more cigarettes/ day
vs no
0.47 (95%CI 0.26-0.86)
At discharge:
No significant association
between feeding method and
smoking. Mothers who
smoked (89.6%) just as likely
to be breastfeeding as those
who did not smoke (89.7%)
At 24 weeks postpartum
Fewer women who smoked
were still breastfeeding (58%
compared with 64% of nonsmokers)
however the
association was not
significant.
SIDS cases. The median age
was 90 days (range 30-302
days). The study ran from
14 October 1990 to 13
October 1991.
Exclusive BF at discharge
No adjOR reported but nonsignificant
when controlled
for in multivariate analysis
Any breastfeeding duration
Adj HR (95% CI)
1-9 1.29 (0.71-2.30)
10-19 1.56 (0.81-2.97)
20+ 2.30 (1.16-4.59)
Effect on risk
Women who smoked 20 or
more cigarettes a day were
less likely to be feeding
with any breastmilk at 6
months
No significant association
between breastfeeding
duration & number of
cigarettes smoked/ day
(X 2 =1.15, p=0.283)
Smoking not associated with
initiation or duration of
breastfeeding in Aboriginal
mothers
Women who stopped
smoking during pregnancy
were more likely to
breastfeed for longer than 6
months than those women
No association with
exclusive BF at discharge
but smoking 20 or more
cigarettes/day was
negatively associated with
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