The Relationship Between Feeding Pattern and Measurements of Refraction in Preschool Children

Authors : Eşay KIRAN YENİCE, Caner KARA
Pages : 263-266
Doi:10.12956/tchd.1221202
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Publication Date : 2023-07-25
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Objective: To compare the effect of feeding human milk as opposed to formula and human milk on refractive error in preschool children aged 3 to 6 years. Material and Methods: One hundred and seventy six eyes of 88 children were evaluated. According to the feeding pattern, the patients who fed only breast-fed were classified as Group I, and the patients who fed with combination of breast-fed and formula were classified as Group II. Results were retrospectively compared between groups. Results: A total of 88 children undergone detailed ophthalmological examinations, of which 40 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(45.5 %); were males and 48 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(54.5 %); were females. Maternal birth age of 27.3% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=24); of the children included in the study was over 30 years and birth weight of 96.6% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=85); was over 2500 grams. The mean ± standard deviation of the spherical, cylindrical and spherical equivalent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SE); values were 1.61±1.46 D; -0.98 ± 0.69 D and 1.12±1.43 D in group I and 1.00±2.57 D; -0.90 ± 0.81 D and 0.55 ± 2.72 D in group II, respectively insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.507 for spherical; p=0.299 for cylindrical and p=0.799 for SE);. Although myopic refraction was less common in the breastfed group, there was no significant difference in myopic refraction between the groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p= 0.507);. Conclusion: In conclusion, mean refractive error were different according to feeding pattern, but this study did not show significant differences between groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.050);. There is a need to confirm this finding by performing more studies with a larger sample sizes.
Keywords : Anne sütü, emzirme, kırma kusurları, okul öncesi

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