Use of pacifiers is associated with decreased breast-feeding duration.
Pediatrics
; 95(4): 497-9, 1995 Apr.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7700747
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the relationship between pacifier use at 1 month of age to the duration of breast-feeding to 6 months of age.DESIGN:
Longitudinal study of infants from birth to 6 months of age. POPULATION Six hundred five rooming-in infants born at the largest hospital in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil, during January and February 1993. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Prevalence of breast-feeding (exclusive, predominant, and complementary) at 1, 4, and 6 months of age.RESULTS:
Relative risk for weaning between 1 and 6 months of age was 3.84 (95% confidence interval 2.65-5.50) for pacifier users at 1 month of age, compared with nonusers. When an adjustment was made for possible confounding variables through Cox regression analysis, the relative risk dropped to 2.87 (95% confidence interval 1.97-419).CONCLUSION:
Pacifier use is highly correlated with early weaning, even after controlling for possible confounders. Until it is determined if pacifier use is causally related to weaning or is a marker for other undetermined causes, pacifier use probably should not be recommended for breast-fed infants.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aleitamento Materno
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Cuidado do Lactente
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil