title: Breast-feeding and inguinal hernia.
abstract: A case-control study was conducted to study the association between breast-feeding and inguinal hernia. The case group was significantly less often breast fed than control subjects (odds ratio, 0.49; 95% confidence interval, 0.29 to 0.83) and exclusive breast-feeding was associated with a significant dose-response risk reduction. The association was not confounded by birth weight, maternal education, type of birth, number of other children in the family, or gender. Breast-feeding may represent a protective factor against inguinal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pisacane
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: de Luca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valiante
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Impagliazzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caracciolo
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology