Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome with Sleeping Factors
Eliza G. Stensland
Elisabeth B. Winterkorn
Interaction Between Bedding and Sleeping Position in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Population Based Case-Control Study
Fleming PJ, Gilbert R, Azaz Y, et al. BMJ. 1990;301(6743):85–89
Background
Through the early 1990s, the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), now known as sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), was 1.3:1,000 births in the United States.1 Contemporaneous studies suggested a possible role of thermal stress or prone positioning during sleep as a causative factor in SIDS.
Objectives
To determine the relationship of sleep position and bedding on incidence of SIDS.
Methods
Case-control study in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1989.
Patients
67 index SIDS cases age ≤1 year who died of SIDS and 144 age-matched controls. Select exclusion criteria: identified cause of death.
