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BMJ 1995; 311 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.6997.123 (Published 08 July 1995) Cite this as: BMJ 1995;311:123
- Ruth Gilbert,
- Peter Fleming,
- Ruth Wigfield,
- Jem Berry,
- Peter Rudd
- Lecturer in epidemiology Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH
- Consultant paediatrician Research fellow Department of Child Health, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol BS2 8EG
- Professor of perinatal pathology Department of Paediatric Pathology, St Michael's Hospital
- Consultant paediatrician Bath Unit for Research into Paediatrics, Royal United Hospital, BathBA1 3NG
EDITOR,--The estimated adjusted odds ratio for the sudden infant death syndrome for bottle fed infants (compared with those who were ever breast fed) in our study was 1.7 (95% confidence interval 0.7 to 3.7). We agree with E A Mitchell and colleagues that this is consistent with a protective effect of breast feeding of a magnitude similar …
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