Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

espiratory tract infection RR 1.07
(95%CI 0.86-1.33) (outcome 52).
Kramer 2000a found a small and
nonsignificant reduction in risk of
two or more respiratory tract
infections (upper and lower
combined) RR 0.90 (95%CI 0.79 -
1.03) (outcome 53). The combined
crude results of Oddy 1999and
Kramer 2000a show a substantial and
statistically significant reduction in
risk for hospitalization for
respiratory tract infection pooled RR
0.75 (95% CI 0.60-0.94), but the
crude risk reduction in Kramer 2000a
was nearly abolished and became
statistically nonsignificant in a
multivariate mixed model controlling
for geographic region, urban versus
rural location, maternal education
and cigarette smoking, and number
of siblings in the household adjusted
OR 0.96 (95% CI 0.71- 1.30)
(outcome 54).In a study from
Tucson, Arizona, (Duncan 1993)
reported no difference in the average
number of episodes of acute otitis
median the first 12 months of life
(outcome 55) in the exclusive versus
MBF groups (1.48 vs. 1.52 episodes,
respectively) (95%CI for the
difference -0.49 -0.41 episodes).
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