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SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2019

Breastfeeding and risk of habitual snoring in children: A meta-analysis.

Ke Sun, Yan Guo, Yue Zhang, Xiubo Jiang

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Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ke SunDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, The School of Public Health of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
Yan GuoDepartment of Pharmacy, Qingdao No.6 People's Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
Yue ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, The School of Public Health of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
Xiubo JiangDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, The School of Public Health of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0688-7541
Qingdao University · CNQingdao Eighth People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research regarding the effects of breastfeeding on habitual snoring in children has yielded conflicting results. Therefore, a meta-analysis was carried out to evaluate the effect of breastfeeding on the risk of habitual snoring in children. Relevant studies published in English or Chinese were identified by a search of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medical literature, and Wanfang databases up to October 2018. Random effects model was used to pool the findings, and results were expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% CIs. Eleven studies with 71,622 participants were included in the present meta-analysis. The pooled OR of habitual snoring for more versus less breastfeeding (duration) was 0.74 (95% CI [0.62, 0.90]), and the result remained significant in cohort studies (OR, 0.74; 95%CI [0.66, 0.84]). We found no evidence of publication bias. This meta-analysis of observational studies indicates that breastfeeding for a long time is associated with reduced risk of habitual snoring in children. The finding needs to be investigated in well-designed prospective studies.

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Odds RatioAdolescentBreast FeedingChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantObservational Studies as TopicSnoringTime Factorsbreastfeedingchildrenmeta-analysissnoring

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PMID30809934
PMCPMC7198925
OpenAlexW2918139672

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