Breastfeeding and the risk of respiratory tract infections after infancy: The Generation R Study

Ilse Tromp, Jessica Kiefte- de Jong, Hein Raat, Vincent Jaddoe, Oscar Franco, Albert Hofman, Johan de Jongste and Henriëtte Moll

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: Background: The protection of breastfeeding against respiratory tract infections in the first year of life has often been suggested. Few studies examined the effect of breastfeeding on respiratory tract infections after infancy. Objective: To examine the association between breastfeeding with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) after infancy up to 4 years of age (n = 5322). Methods: This study was embedded in The Generation R study, a Dutch population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until young adulthood. Information on breastfeeding duration (never;

Date: 2017
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