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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Excessive infant crying: definitions determine risk groups
Abstract
We assessed risk groups for excessive infant crying using 10 published definitions, in 3179 children aged 1–6 months (response: 96.5%). Risk groups regarding parental employment, living area, lifestyle, and obstetric history varied by definition. This may explain the existence of conflicting evidence on the occurrence and cause of excessive crying.
- colic
- risk factor
- infant
- prevalence