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Breast feeding and infant development in a cohort with sibling pair analysis: the Japan Environment and Children's Study.

Masafumi SanefujiAyako SenjuMasayuki ShimonoMasanobu OgawaYuri SonodaMichiko TorioYuko IchimiyaReiko SugaYasunari SakaiSatoshi HonjoKoichi KusuharaShouichi Ohganull null
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
The present study demonstrated the association of continuous breast feeding with reduced developmental delay at 1 year of age using sibling pair analysis, in which unmeasured confounding factors are still present but less included. This may provide an argument to promote breastfeeding continuation.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • preterm infants