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Circumstances and factors of sleep-related sudden infancy deaths in Japan
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 8, p e0233253 (2020), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
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Abstract
- BackgroundSudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) comprises both natural and unnatural causes of death. However, a few epidemiological surveys have investigated SUDI in Japan.ObjectiveThis retrospective study was conducted to investigate the recent trends of circumstances and risk factors of sleep-related SUDI cases.MethodsForensic pathology sections from eight universities participated in the selection of subjects from 2013 to 2018. Data obtained from the checklist form were analyzed based on information at postmortem.ResultsThere were 259 SUDI cases consisting of 145 male infants and 114 female infants with a mean birth weight of 2888 ± 553 and 2750 ± 370 g, respectively. Deaths most frequently occurred among infants at 1 month of age (18%). According to population-based analyses, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of mother’s age ≤19 years was 11.1 (6.9–17.7) compared with ages 30–39. The odds ratio for the fourth- and later born infants was 5.2 (3.4–7.9) compared with the frequency of first-born infants. The most frequent time of day for discovery was between 7 and 8 o’clock. Co-sleeping was recorded for 61%, and the prone position was found for 40% of cases at discovery. Mother’s smoking habit exhibited an adds ratio of 4.5 (2.9–5.8).ConclusionThis study confirmed the trends that have been observed for sudden infant death syndrome; particularly, very high odds ratios were evident for teenage mothers and later birth order in comparison with those in other developed countries. The child of a young mother tended to die within 2 months of age. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an extensive survey of sleep-related SUDI in Japan.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
Time Factors
Physiology
Epidemiology
Social Sciences
Geographical Locations
Habits
Families
0302 clinical medicine
Japan
Risk Factors
Medicine and Health Sciences
Smoking Habits
Birth Weight
Psychology
Medicine
Children
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
Smoking
Birth order
Physiological Parameters
Female
Infants
Sudden Infant Death
Research Article
medicine.medical_specialty
Forensic pathology
Asia
Birth weight
Science
Posture
Population
Mothers
Asphyxia
03 medical and health sciences
Age Distribution
Signs and Symptoms
030225 pediatrics
Humans
030216 legal & forensic medicine
education
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Behavior
business.industry
Body Weight
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Biology and Life Sciences
Retrospective cohort study
Odds ratio
Sudden infant death syndrome
Confidence interval
Age Groups
Medical Risk Factors
People and Places
Population Groupings
Clinical Medicine
Sleep
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....df474b1a0bed83279fd928a348b4d0d1