Risk Factors for Suffocation and Unexplained Causes of Infant Deaths
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Risk Factors for Suffocation and Unexplained Causes of Infant Deaths

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  • Alternative Title:
    Pediatrics
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    BACKGROUND:

    Observational studies have improved our understanding of the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome, but separate examination of risk for sleep-related suffocation and unexplained infant deaths has been limited. We examined the association between unsafe infant sleep practices and sudden infant deaths (sleep-related suffocation and unexplained causes including sudden infant death syndrome).

    METHODS:

    We conducted a population-based case-control study using 2016 to 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Controls were liveborn infants from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; cases were from the Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Case Registry. We calculated risk factor prevalence among cases and controls and crude and adjusted odds ratios.

    RESULTS:

    We included 112 sleep-related suffocation cases with 448 age-matched controls and 300 unexplained infant death cases with 1200 age-matched controls. Adjusted odds for sleep- related suffocation ranged from 18.7 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.8–51.3) among infants not sharing a room with their mother or caregiver to 1.9 (95% CI: 0.9–4.1) among infants with nonsupine sleep positioning. Adjusted odds for unexplained death ranged from 7.6 (95% CI: 4.7–12.2) among infants not sharing a room with their mother or caregiver to 1.6 (95% CI: 1.1–2.4) among nonsupine positioned infants.

    COCLUSIONS:

    We confirmed previously identified risk factors for unexplained infant death and independently estimated risk factors for sleep-related suffocation. Significance of associations for suffocation followed similar patterns but was of larger magnitude. This information can be used to improve messaging about safe infant sleep.

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    Pediatrics. 151(1)
  • Pubmed ID:
    36464994
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC9942004
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Volume:
    151
  • Issue:
    1
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