As I mentioned, I wrote to the corresponding author of the study from Kaiser
which is being touted all over the place under the banner of pacifiers
saving lives, to ask how they defined breastfed babies for the purpose of
their study.  De Kun-Li wrote back to me yesterday, and here is the answer
to my question.

Hang on to your hats - a baby was classified as 'breastfeeding' if it had
ever been breastfed.  They do have the data available to distinguish between
babies who were previously and currently breastfed, and possibly even
exclusively or partially breastfed, but they didn't make the effort to look
at the groups that way before sending in the article for publication.

Not too surprising that breastfeeding did not emerge as a significant factor
one way or the other in this study.

Rachel Myr
Gobsmacked once again in Kristiansand, Norway

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