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C-Section Babies More Likely to Develop Infections in Early Childhood – MedPage Today
Potential microbiome effect?
Babies born via cesarean section were hospitalized more often in early childhood for infection, compared with those delivered vaginally, an international study found.
With more than 7 million children included in the analysis, the hazard ratio for infection-related hospital visits was 1.10 (95% CI 1.09-1.12) for children delivered by C-section versus vaginal birth, reported Jessica Miller, PhD, of the Murdoch’s Children Research Institute and the University of Melbourne in Australia, and colleagues.
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