Relationship of exclusive breast-feeding to infections and growth of Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected women

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ID15091092
AutoresRamadhani S Mwiru (Harvard University, autor de correspondencia), Donna Spiegelman (0000-0003-4006-4650, Harvard University), Christopher Duggan (0000-0001-8083-8193, Harvard University), Karen E Peterson (0000-0003-0471-1427, University of Michigan), Karen Peterson, Enju Liu (0000-0002-5732-3359, Harvard University), Gernard Msamanga (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Said Aboud (0000-0003-0981-3350, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences), Wafaie W Fawzi (0000-0002-2908-600X, Harvard Global Health Institute)
Año2011
Volumen14
Número7
Páginas1251-1258
Fecha de publicación2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s136898001000306x
PMID21324223
PMCIDPMC3366264
OpenAlexW2044760443
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas32

Objective We examined the relationships between exclusive breast-feeding and the risks of respiratory, diarrhoea and nutritional morbidities during the first 2 years of life among children born to women infected with HIV-1. Design We prospectively determined the incidence of respiratory illnesses, diarrhoea, fever, hospitalizations, outpatient visits and nutritional morbidities. Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate the relative risks for morbidity episodes and Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the incidence rate ratios of nutritional morbidities. Setting Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Subjects The sample consisted of 666 children born to HIV-infected women. Results The 666 children were followed for 2 years. Exclusive breast-feeding was associated with lower risk for cough (rate ratio (RR) = 0·49, 95 % CI 0·41, 0·60, P P P Conclusions Exclusive breast-feeding is strongly associated with reductions in the risk of respiratory and diarrhoea morbidities during the first 6 months of life among children born to HIV-infected women

Breast feeding · Confidence interval · Diarrhea · Incidence (geometry · Relative risk · Tanzania · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Water Access · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics