title: Association between breast-feeding and severity of acute viral respiratory tract infection.
abstract: In a cross-sectional analysis of 629 mother-infants dyads, breast-feeding (ever vs. never) was associated with decreased relative odds of a lower versus upper respiratory tract infection (adjusted odds ratio: 0.64; 95% confidence interval: 0.42-0.99). There was not a significant association between breast-feeding and bronchiolitis severity score or length of hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics; †Division of General Pediatrics; ‡Center for Asthma and Environmental Health Research; §Department of Biostatistics; ¶Department of Medicine; and ‖Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
authors.forename: Shanda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vereen
authors.forename: Tebeb
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gebretsadik
authors.forename: Tina V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Hartert
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minton
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Zhouwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kecia N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D047929:Term Birth; D055815:Young Adult
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