Bibliographic citations
Ramos, M., (2018). Lactancia materna exclusiva como factor protector para la obesidad en niños preescolares atendidos en el Hospital Belén de Trujillo [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/3944
Ramos, M., Lactancia materna exclusiva como factor protector para la obesidad en niños preescolares atendidos en el Hospital Belén de Trujillo [Tesis]. : Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO; 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/3944
@misc{renati/377233,
title = "Lactancia materna exclusiva como factor protector para la obesidad en niños preescolares atendidos en el Hospital Belén de Trujillo",
author = "Ramos Aguilar, Madeleine Elizabeth",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO",
year = "2018"
}
Objective: To determine if exclusive breastfeeding is a protective factor of obesity in preschool children of the Belén de Trujillo Hospital. Material and Methods: It was used an analytical retrospective case-control study in 3 to 5 year-old children attended in “Hospital Belén de Trujillo” during January 2014 to Juny 2016. It included 131 cases and 131 controls, and was found an association by odds ratio and was used chi-square to find statistical significance with p <0.05. Results: The average age of obese children was 4.2 years (SD + - 1.2) while in eutrophic children was 3.9 years (SD + - 0.8). No significant difference was found regarding gender or place of origin. Regarding exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), it was present in 32% of cases and 63% of controls (p <0.05), with an OR = 0.28 (0.16- 0.86 CI: 95%) Conclusions: Exclusive breastfeeding is a protective factor of obesity in preschool children of the Belén de Trujillo Hospital.
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