The relationship of mode of infant feeding and location of care to frequency of infection.
During one year 200 healthy, full-term infants were followed up prospectively for frequency of infection. Infants were categorized by mode of feeding--breast, breast-and-bottle, or bottle--and were subcategorized by location of care and by number of siblings in the home. The average number of infections in infants fed in a day-care or sitter location was 35% greater than that in infants fed at home. The mode of feeding had no bearing on the frequency of infection.
D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009519:New York City; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*