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Use of infant formula in the ELFE study: The association with social and health-related factors.
- Source :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition; Jan2018, Vol. 14 Issue 1, pn/a-1, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Breastfeeding is recommended until 6 months of age, but a wide range of infant formula is available for nonbreastfed or partially breastfed infants. Our aim was to describe infant formula selection and to examine social- and health-related factors associated with this selection. Analyses were based on 13,291 infants from the French national birth cohort Etude Longitudinale Française depuis l'Enfance. Infant diet was assessed at Month 2 by phone interview and monthly from Months 3 to 10 via internet/paper questionnaires. Infant formulas were categorized in 6 groups: extensively or partially hydrolysed, regular with or without prebiotics/probiotics, and thickened with or without prebiotics/probiotics. Associations between type of infant formula used at 2 months and family or infant characteristics were assessed by multinomial logistic regressions. At Month 2, 58.1% of formula-fed infants were fed with formula enriched in prebiotics/probiotics, 31.5% with thickened formula, and 1.4% with extensively hydrolysed formula. The proportion of formula-fed infants increased regularly, but the type of infant formula used was fairly stable between 2 and 10 months. At Month 2, extensively hydrolysed formulas were more likely to be used in infants with diarrhoea or regurgitation problems. Partially hydrolysed formulas were more often used in families with high income, with a history of allergy, or with infants with regurgitation issues. Thickened formulas were used more with boys, preterm infants, infants with regurgitation issues, or in cases of early maternal return to work. The main factors related to the selection of infant formula were family and infant health-related ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALLERGIES
CONFIDENCE intervals
DIARRHEA in children
ELEMENTAL diet
EMPLOYMENT reentry
GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux in children
HEALTH status indicators
INCOME
INFANT formulas
PREMATURE infants
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
LOGISTIC regression analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
PROBIOTICS
PREBIOTICS
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17408695
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126849347
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12477