Infant feeding and idiopathic intussusception

J Pediatr. 1993 Oct;123(4):593-5. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)80960-6.

Abstract

A case-control study showed that, compared with infants who had never been fed human milk, breast-fed infants had a relative risk of intussusception of 6.0 (95% confidence interval, 1.8 to 20.4) when breast-feeding at admission was exclusive and of 2.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.8 to 6.6) when it was partial. Exclusive breast-feeding may be a risk factor for intussusception in infancy.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Bottle Feeding*
  • Breast Feeding*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cecal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Infant
  • Intussusception / epidemiology*
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Risk Factors