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Iron status of 30 infants who had been breast fed until their first birthday and who had never received cow milk, medicinal iron, or iron-enriched formula and cereals was investigated; 30% were anemic at 12 months of age. The duration of exclusive breast-feeding was significantly longer among nonanemic infants (6.5 vs 5.5 months). None of the infants who were exclusively breast fed for 7 months or more and 43% of those who were breast fed for a shorter time were anemic. Infants who were exclusively breast fed for a prolonged period had a good iron status at 12 and 24 months.
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Allaitement naturel , Fer/sang , Vieillissement/sang , Anémie/sang , Anémie/épidémiologie , Hémogramme , Allaitement naturel/statistiques et données numériques , Hémoglobines/analyse , Humains , Nourrisson , Italie/épidémiologie , Facteurs tempsRÉSUMÉ
A case-control study was conducted to study the association between breast-feeding and inguinal hernia. The case group was significantly less often breast fed than control subjects (odds ratio, 0.49; 95% confidence interval, 0.29 to 0.83) and exclusive breast-feeding was associated with a significant dose-response risk reduction. The association was not confounded by birth weight, maternal education, type of birth, number of other children in the family, or gender. Breast-feeding may represent a protective factor against inguinal hernia.
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Allaitement naturel , Hernie inguinale , Études cas-témoins , Femelle , Hernie inguinale/épidémiologie , Humains , Incidence , Nourrisson , Protection infantile , Nouveau-né , Italie/épidémiologieRÉSUMÉ
A case-control study showed that, compared with infants who had never been fed human milk, breast-fed infants had a relative risk of intussusception of 6.0 (95% confidence interval, 1.8 to 20.4) when breast-feeding at admission was exclusive and of 2.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.8 to 6.6) when it was partial. Exclusive breast-feeding may be a risk factor for intussusception in infancy.
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Alimentation au biberon , Allaitement naturel , Maladies du caecum/épidémiologie , Maladies de l'iléon/épidémiologie , Intussusception/épidémiologie , Études cas-témoins , Femelle , Humains , Nourrisson , Italie/épidémiologie , Mâle , Facteurs de risqueRÉSUMÉ
A case-control study was conducted to study the association between breast-feeding and urinary tract infection. Case patients were 128 infants aged birth to 6 months with urinary tract infection. Control infants were 128 infants admitted to the same ward with an acute illness. The results support the hypothesis that breast-feeding protects infants against urinary tract infection.