title: A systematic review of infant feeding experience and hospitalisation in developed countries.
abstract: The review examines whether mode of feeding is associated with risk of hospitalisation for illness during infancy in developed countries. Databases were searched for published studies that included the terms 'infant feeding' and 'hospitalisation'. Six studies were included. Breastfeeding was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalisation and adjusted analyses showed mixed results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no clear relationship between mode of feeding and reduction of infant hospitalisation for illness in developed countries.
authors.affiliation: Children's Nutrition Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Qld, Australia; Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
authors.forename: Lesley A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Peter S W
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Roslyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ware
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D019049:Developed Countries; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant
keywords: bottle; breast; feeding; hospitalisation; infant