title: Vomiting, abdominal distention and early feeding of banana (Musa paradisiaca) in neonates.
abstract: The objective of this cohort study was to assess the relationship between banana given as early solid food with the symptoms of intestinal obstruction (SIO) among neonates, in a rural community in West Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Mothers having newborn infants were interviewed and 3,420 neonates were followed for 28 days. Compared with infants who were not given solid food, the relative risk (RR) for infants given food other than banana as early solid food was 1.87, 95% CI 0.48-8.24, p=0.4, while for infants given banana only as early solid food the RR was 9.15, 95% CI 1.96-42.58, p 0.0005. After adjustment for birthweight, colostrum, and breastfeeding, the odds ratio for infants given banana and the appearance of SIO was 2.99, 95% CI 2.65-5.14; p=0.0012. These data indicate that banana given as early solid food is an important risk factor for the appearance of SIO in neonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Mataram General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Hananto@Mataram.Wasantara.Net.id
authors.forename: Hananto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wiryo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hakimi
authors.forename: A Samik
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Wahab
authors.forename: Pitono
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soeparto
mesh_terms: D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D028521:Musa / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*