Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Table 24.2 Summary used to make evidence statement for breastfeeding and maternal and infant outcome
STUDY
DETAILS
(Review)
Affiliation/sourc
e of funds
Szajewska et al. 2006 Kramer et al. 2002 Bhutta et al. 2008
Medical University of Warsaw, Dr.
von Hauner Children's Hospital,
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of
Munich
McGill University, WHO Expert
Committee on the optimal duration of
exclusive breastfeeding
Study design Systematic Review Meta-Analysis Systematic Review
Level of evidence III-1 Evidence obtained from welldesigned
pseudorandomised controlled
trials (alternate allocation or some
other method).
III-2 Evidence obtained from
comparative studies (including
systematic reviews of such studies) with
concurrent controls and allocation not
randomised, cohort studies, case-control
studies, or interrupted time series with a
control group.
Date of search 1966-2004 Prior to 1966 - 2000 NS
Number of 1 22 (11 from developing and 11 from 34
Aga Khan University Bangladesh,
Centre for Health and Population
Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health USA, London
School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, University of California,
Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul
Brazil, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of
Science and Research India, World
Bank Washington, Save the Children
UK, Emergency Nutrition Network,
International Food Policy Research
Institute, Food for Education
Programmes, Global Alliance against
malnutrition, Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, UNICEF Innocenti
Research Centre
III-2 Evidence obtained from
comparative studies (including
systematic reviews of such studies) with
concurrent controls and allocation not
randomised, cohort studies, case-control
studies, or interrupted time series with a
control group.
500