Abstract
54 babies who had been solely breast-fed for more than 6 months, 77 babies who had been breast-fed for 2--6 months, and 105 babies who had been weaned to cow's-milk-based formulas at less than 2 months were followed for the first 3 years of life. All the babies had the same pattern of solid food intake until 1 year of age. Compared with formula feeding, prolonged breast-feeding resulted in a lower incidence of severe or obvious atopic disease particularly in babies with family history of atopy.
Publication types
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Clinical Trial
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Comparative Study
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Controlled Clinical Trial
MeSH terms
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Asthma / epidemiology
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Asthma / prevention & control
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Bottle Feeding
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Breast Feeding*
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Child, Preschool
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Dermatitis, Atopic / epidemiology
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Dermatitis, Atopic / prevention & control
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Food Hypersensitivity / epidemiology
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Food Hypersensitivity / prevention & control
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Humans
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Hypersensitivity / prevention & control*
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / epidemiology
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Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / prevention & control
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Time Factors