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Multicenter Study
. 2016 May-Jun;42(3):550-7.
doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0485.

The effect of breastfeeding on spontan resolution of monosymptomatic enuresis

Eyup Burak Sancak  1 , Ural Oguz  2 , Aykut Aykac  3 , Erhan Demirelli  2 , Omer Faruk Bozkurt  4 , Sertac Cimen  5
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Multicenter Study

The effect of breastfeeding on spontan resolution of monosymptomatic enuresis

Eyup Burak Sancak et al. Int Braz J Urol. 2016 May-Jun.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine whether the duration of breastfeeding during infancy was associated with the time of spontaneous resolution of monosymptomatic enuresis (SRME).

Materials and methods: A total of 1500 people were surveyed at four centers. One hundred and eighty-one people with a history of monosymptomatic enuresis (ME) who received no treatment and had no day time symptoms were included in the study. The relationship between the duration of breastfeeding and SRME was assessed by considering the duration of breastfeeding as both continuous and categorical (cut-off value 5 months) variable. The multivariate general linear model was used to identify independente predictors such as gender, family history, and educational status of parents.

Results: Pearson correlation analysis of the age of SRME and duration of breastfeeding found no statistically significant relationship. However, there was a significant difference in the age of SRME of those who were breastfed for 5 months or less compared to those who were breastfed for more than 5 months. According to the multivariate analysis, gender and educational status of parents were not effective on the age of SRME. Stepwise linear regression model showed that breastfeeding for five months or less and family history could affect the age of SRME. The regression formula was: age of SRME=9.599 + (3.807×five months or less of breastfeeding) + (1.258×positive family history).

Conclusions: It was found that when breastfeeding lasted for more than 5 months, there was a positive contribution to SRME.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. The relationship between breastfeeding and mean age of spontaneous resolution of monosymptomatic enuresis is demonstrated.
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