Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

years in Wright 2001, while
it ranged from 2 to 9 years
in the other studies
Meta-Analysis of
prospective cohort studies
of the association between
asthma risk and
breastfeeding ≥ 3 months
for children without family
history of asthma or atopy
OR = 0.74 (0.60, 0.92)
Effect on risk Decrease None Decrease Decrease
Clinical 1 1 1 1
importance
Clinical 1 1 1 1
relevance
Generalisability N (Japan) Y Y Y
Applicability Y Y Y Y
Reference Ip 2007 Gdalevich 2001 Miyake 2008 Pediatr Allergy Immunol: Kusunoki 2010 Pediatr Allergy
Immunol:
Type of study Meta analysis Cohort study large-scale cross-sectional study
Level of I (aetiology) II (aetiology) III (aetiology)
evidence
Definition of
breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding duration was
defined as the
period when the infants were given only
breast milk, (no formula or solids) Water
was not stated
Complete breastfeeding.
Mixed feeding.
Complete artificial feeding.
Asthma was categorised using a
questionnaire comparable with the one
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