Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Intervention
Comparator
N
Population/study
information
≥ 3 mo of exclusive breastfeeding
vs. without ≥ 3 mo of exclusive
breastfeeding
Ip found no studies to update
Gdalevich. N= 4,158
18 prospective cohort studies in
developed countries
Term infants
Quality P N
Results Overall OR 0.68 (95% CI 0.52 -
0.88, fixed effect model);
When restricted to those with
positive family history, OR 0.58
(95%CI 0.41 - 0.92)
Partial breastfeeding duration
was the period when the infants had
received
breast milk, regardless of exclusivity.
Exclusive vs. Partial breastfeeding
used by the International Study of
Asthma and Allergies in Childhood
(ISAAC) and was prepared and
validated by the Study Group of
Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases
founded by the Japanese Ministry of
Health and Welfare. Asthma, atopic
eczema, allergic rhinitis, food allergy
Any Breastfeeding Vs Complete
artificial feeding.
N=763 infants 13,215 parents responded (response
rate, 90.1%).
A birth cohort of 763 infants from the Allergic Schoolchildren in Kyoto study
Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study. Schoolchildren aged 7–15 yrs.
One survey in hospital and 2 more before
3 years of age. Times of surveys varied.
The definition of asthma used in this
study was determined by a positive
response to the written question “Has
your child been diagnosed by a physician
as having asthma?” Wheeze was defined
as present if the mother answered “yes” to
the written question “Has your child had
wheezing or whistling in the chest in the
last 12 months?”
Wheeze
Exclusive
breastfeeding
Negative
parental
allergic
positive
parental
allergic
To examine whether the reversecausation-associated
factors affected the higher prevalence of
AD and FA in those with complete
breastfeeding, multivariate analysis with
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