Exposure | Age affected | Effect sizes (95% confidence interval) | |||
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Diarrhea incidence | Diarrhea mortality | Pneumonia incidence | Pneumonia mortality | ||
Predominant breastfeeding | 0 to 5Â months | 1.26 (0.81 to 1.95) | 2.28 (0.85 to 6.13) | 1.79 (1.29 to 2.48) | 1.75 (0.48 to 6.43) |
Partial breastfeeding | 0 to 5Â months | 1.68 (1.03 to 2.76) | 4.62 (1.81 to 11.76) | 2.48 (0.23 to 27.15) | 2.49 (1.03 to 6.04) |
No breastfeeding | 0 to 5Â months | 2.65 (1.72 to 4.07) | 10.52 (2.79 to 39.60) | 2.07 (0.19 to 22.64) | 15.13 (0.61 to 373.84) |
Discontinued breastfeeding | 6 to 23Â months | 2.18 (1.14 to 4.16) | 2.18 (1.14 to 4.16) | - | - |