Gender and the sudden infant death syndrome
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 86 (8) , 854-856
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08611.x
Abstract
A nationwide case-control study compared the prevalence and magnitude of risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in male and female infants. The risk factors of SIDS and their magnitude for males and females are very similar. After adjustment for potential confounders male infants had a 1.42-fold (95% CI = 1.04, 1.94) increased risk of SIDS compared with females. Risk factors identified in most epidemiological studies are not the reason for the increased SIDS mortality seen in male infants.Keywords
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