The only local data was from a 1997 birth cohort, 21 which showed that children exclusively breastfed for 3 months (~6%) had fewer hospital admissions due to GE/LRTI in the first 6 months, but the protection against LRTI did not reach statistical significance. 18 Therefore, we chose the most suitable protection effect of EBF at 4 months reported in a UK birth cohort, 22 despite its larger CIs than those from meta‐analyses.
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An economic evaluation on sub-optimal breastfeeding in Hong Kong: Infant health outcomes and costs.
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