By Jennifer Henderson
Source Medpagetoday
ORLANDO — Infants who exclusively received breast milk throughout their birth hospitalization were less likely to be diagnosed with asthma in early childhood, a database analysis suggested.
Among nearly 10,000 children, bivariate analysis showed that exclusive human milk or mother’s milk was associated with a 41% lower odds of asthma in early childhood (P<0.001 for both), Laura Ward, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, reported here.
Looking just at the children born full-term, and adjusting for other factors associated with asthma, showed that “infants who were exclusively fed breast milk throughout the birth hospitalization were 22% less likely to have a diagnosis of childhood asthma,” she said at the American Academy of Pediatricsopens in a new tab or window (AAP) annual meeting.
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