Breastfeeding and risk of hospitalisation in children under five years-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Further, a subgroup analysis based on age categories exhibited an increasing trend of odds with age, but the findings remain insignificant.

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However, this borderline significance was lost in subgroup analyses based on age groups ( Table 5 ).

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In the first section, we observed a notable trend concerning gastrointestinal hospitalisations among children under five.

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Next, comparing the duration of breastfeeding among children under one year depicted a higher protective effect among those breastfed for six or more months; though insignificant, it resonates with the findings of a study suggesting a decreasing trend in relative risk of hospitalisation as the duration of full breastfeeding increases in the first year of life ( 24 ).

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