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Table 2 Infant feeding patterns and food allergy symptoms and diagnosis

From: The association of infant feeding patterns with food allergy symptoms and food allergy in early childhood

Infant Feeding Patterns (n = 1387)*

Outcome Variables

DBF-3m

n = 194, 14%

n (%)

DBF/BM

n = 253, 18.2%

n (%)

DBF/BM/FF

n = 323, 23.3%

n (%)

DBFShort

n = 122, 8.8%

n (%)

FF-2-3

n = 364, 26.2%

n (%)

FFSF

n = 131, 9.4%

n (%)

Food Allergy Symptomatic Children (n = 328)

37 (11.3)

64 (19.5)

88 (26.8)

26 (7.9)

86 (26.2)

27 (8.2)

Doctors’ Diagnosed Food Allergy (n = 76)

6 (9.1)

8 (12.1)

30 (30.3)

7 (10.6)

19 (28.8)

6 (9.1)

  1. DBF-3m Direct feeding at the breast i.e., feeding directly at the breast for at least 3 months, not including pumping methods or any other additional food or liquid, followed by mixed feeding; this group constituted our reference group, DBF/BM Direct feeding at the breast as well as pumping and feeding includes direct feeding at the breast and feeding of stored breast milk (BM) for the first 3 months, followed by mixed feeding, DBF/BM/FF Concurrent application of direct feeding at the breast, pumping and feeding and formula feeding in the first 6 months, DBFShort Direct feeding at the breast for a month and then mixed modes of feeding, FF-2-3 Formula food for the first 2 to 3 months followed by formula and/or solid food, FFSF Parallel use of formula or solid food since the first month
  2. *Analytical cohort
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International Breastfeeding Journal

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