Sentences with phrase «total duration of breastfeeding»

Detailed information on women's reproductive factors was also collected, such as age at menarche, the number of pregnancies, abortions, live births, and the total duration of any breastfeeding for each live birth.

Various studies also show that early introduction of other foods also lowers the total duration of breastfeeding (and thus its health benefits).

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In particular, breastfeeding may be of concern because it has been shown to be associated with both child's use of antibiotics36, 37 and cow's milk allergy, although inconsistently so.38 In a large Finnish birth cohort, the median durations of exclusive and total breastfeeding were 1.4 months and 7.0 months, respectively, and the proportion of breastfed infants decreased from 95 % at the age of 1 month to 58 % at the age of 6 months.39 Another limitation is our reliance on pharmacy records, which provides only a rough estimation of drug use.

A significantly reduced risk of breast cancer was also found for those whose lifetime duration of lactation totaled 73 - 108 months (odds ratio = 0.47, 95 % CI: 0.23, 0.95) and for those who breastfed for > or = 109 months (odds ratio = 0.24, 95 % CI: 0.11, 0.53).

▶ Breastfeeding over the first 2 years of life, measured by maternal self - report at child - age 1, 6 and 12 months, and collated as total duration (in weeks) of breastfeeding, and age (in weeks) at introductiBreastfeeding over the first 2 years of life, measured by maternal self - report at child - age 1, 6 and 12 months, and collated as total duration (in weeks) of breastfeeding, and age (in weeks) at introductibreastfeeding, and age (in weeks) at introduction of solids.