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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Infants from the intervention sites were significantly more likely than control infants to be breastfed to any degree at 12 months (19. 7 % vs 11. 4 % ; adjusted odds ratio [OR], 0. 47 ; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0. 32-0. 69), were more likely to be exclusively breastfed at 3 months (43. 3 % vs 6. 4 % ; P <. 001) and at 6 months (7. 9 % vs 0. 6 % ; P =. 01), and had a significant reduction in the risk of 1 or more gastrointestinal tract infections (9. 1 % vs 13. 2 % ; adjusted OR, 0. 60 ; 95 % CI, 0. 40-0. 91) and of atopic eczema (3. 3 % vs 6. 3 % ; adjusted OR, 0. 54 ; 95 % CI, 0. 31-0. 95), but no significant reduction in respiratory tract infection (intervention group, 39. 2 % ; control group, 39. 4 % ; adjusted OR, 0. 87 ; 95 % CI, 0. 59-1. 28).