Journal article
Gestation at birth, mode of birth, infant feeding and childhood hospitalization with infection
JP Bentley, DP Burgner, AW Shand, JC Bell, JE Miller, N Nassar
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13371
Abstract
Introduction: Infections are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in preschool children. We aimed to assess the impact of the co-occurrence of cesarean section, early birth and formula feeding on hospitalization with infection in early childhood. Material and methods: Population-based retrospective record-linkage cohort study of 488 603 singleton livebirths ≥32 weeks’ gestational age in New South Wales, Australia, 2007–2012. Multivariable Cox-regression was used to estimate independent and combined adjusted associations of gestational age, mode of birth (vaginal or cesarean section by labor onset) and formula feeding with time to first and repeat hospitalization with infection for chil..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Jason Bentley was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship, Sydney University Merit Award and a Northern Clinical School Scholarship Award, and Natasha Nassar with an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (#APP1067066). David Burgner is supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (#APP1064629) and is an honorary National Heart Foundation Australia Future Leader Fellow (100369). Research at Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program. The funding sources were not involved in the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.