Infant feeding and deaths due to diarrhea. A case-control study.

摘要: The association between infant feeding habits and mortality from diarrhea was investigated in a population-based case-control study two urban areas southern Brazil during 1985. Each of 170 infants who died due to compared with neighborhood controls. After allowance made for confounding variables, received powdered milk or cow's milk, addition breast were at 4.2 times (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.7-10.1) the risk death did not receive artificial while any 14.2 higher CI 5.9-34.1). Similar results obtained when diseases that presumed be noninfectious causes. additional daily feed reduced by 20% 2-34%), but increase associated each bottle significant after number feeds. only other consumption variable frequency which tea, water, juice drunk (increase risk, 42% 4-93%]. odds ratios nonbreast highest first months life. Possible biases investigated, including interruption breast-feeding as an early consequence terminal illness, strong protective effect persisted these adjustments.