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Elsie M. Taveras, Kelley S. Scanlon, Leann Birch, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, and Matthew W. Gillman
Association of Breastfeeding With Maternal Control of Infant Feeding at Age 1 Year
Pediatrics 2004; 114: e577-e583 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read eLetters] Apparent contradiction
Lisa M Sacco   (7 December 2004)

Apparent contradiction 7 December 2004
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Lisa M Sacco,
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of North Carolina

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lsacco{at}unc.edu Lisa M Sacco

Thank you for a very interesting article.

On page e579, the paragraph under the heading "Mothers' Preexisting Concerns and Breastfeeding Duration", affirms that NO association was found between preexisting concerns and breasfeeding duration and then states the opposite in the following sentence (that preexisting concerns WERE associated with breastfeeding duration - more concerns, shorter breast feeding duration). Can the authors please clarify if there was in fact an association, and if so, if it was modified by any other factors (maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, maternal education)?