Sleep position and the use of soft bedding during bed sharing among African American infants at increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome

摘要: Soft bedding increases the risk for death among prone infants. We compared softness of beds and infant sleep position infants sleeping alone those bed sharing. Study design: Questionnaires were used to record practices 218 consecutive African American Enrollment was prospective. Mechanical models in homes a subgroup measure its propensity cause rebreathing. Results by using Student t test, Mann-Whitney U χ2 analysis. Results: In cross-sectional sample infants, at 8.2 ± 3.3 weeks age, 61% (133 218) had shared ≥1 previous 14 nights 48.6% (106 night before. Breast-feeding rates not different sharers alone. The maternal smoking both groups low (13.6% vs 11.8%). Comforters, pillows, waterbeds more commonly beneath bed-sharing Bed twice as likely habitually be placed (18% 9%). studied their (13 sharing, 19 alone), softer (P <.0001) could rebreathing =.007). Conclusions: Infants increased sudden syndrome, sociodemographic criteria, who also share are use beds. These findings may explain part associated with sharing US that appears independent effects smoking. (J Pediatr 2001;138:338-43)