Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

until at least 12 mo (a criterion for
selection into the Pisacane 1995
study).Kramer 2000a recorded only one
and two deaths (outcome 46) among the
621 and 2862 Belarussian infants in the
EBF and MBF groups, respectively (RR
2.30 (95% CI 0.21- 25.37). The EBF
had a significantly reduced risk of one
or more episodes of gastrointestinal
infection in the first 12 mo of life RR
0.67 (95% CI 0.46 - 0.97) (outcome 47),
which was maintained in a multivariate
mixed model controlling for geographic
origin, urban vs rural location, maternal
education, and number of siblings in the
household adjusted OR 0.61 (95% CI
0.41- 0.93).No significant reduction in
risk was observed for hospitalization for
gastrointestinal infection, however RR
0.79 (95% CI 0.42-.49) (outcome 48).
In the above-mentioned Australian
cohort study, Oddy 1999 found no
significant reduction of risk for one or
more episodes of upper respiratory tract
infection (outcome49) in the EBF group
RR 1.07 (95% CI 0.96- 1.20). Neither
Oddy 1999 nor Kramer 2000a found a
significantly reduced risk of two or
more such episodes pooled RR 0.91
(95% CI 0.82 -1.02) (outcome 50). Nor
did Oddy 1999 find a significant
reduction in risk of 4 or more episodes
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