There's a slight spike in the risk of
SIDS for babies who are around six-months-old."
"The previous downward trend in
SIDs deaths has been largely attributed to increased awareness of safer sleep advice so it is essential that this remains a top priority for local authorities and all professionals working with families.
The research involved 278 infants who died of
SIDS, also called "crib death" or "cot death," and 729 healthy controls.
"Consistent with previous studies, ultra-rare, nonsynonymous variants within the major cardiac channelopathy-associated genes were overrepresented in
SIDS cases in infants of European ethnicity," the authors write.
The team analyzed eight major international studies that examined 2,259 cases of
SIDS and 6,894 control infants where death did not occur.
One must bear in mind that superstition is endemic in Pakistan and many causes of
SIDS are probably attributed to supernatural causes and remain unreported.
Francine Bates, chief executive of The Lullaby Trust, said: "We are deeply concerned to see that
SIDS rates remain higher in Yorkshire and the Humber despite the rate for England and Wales being the lowest on record.
VULNERABLE FRANCINE says younger parents' babies are thought to be more at risk of
SIDS because of a lack of awareness and because many young parents are more disadvantaged, with low incomes and little support.
Auger and colleagues identified 196 certified cases of
SIDS in metropolitan Montreal in April through October for the years 1981 through 2000.
This means where co-sleeping occurs, there may be an increase in the number of cases of
SIDS. The evidence does not confirm co-sleeping is the definitive cause of these deaths, but it is associated with a higher risk.
The Study: In this meta-analysis, the researchers pooled the data from four studies, resulting in an evaluation of 760 cases of
SIDS and 1,759 controls.