@article {Ruys:October 2007:0803-5253:1399,
	author = "Ruys, Jan H",
	author = "de Jonge, Guus A",
	author = "Brand, Ronald",
	author = "Engelberts, Adele C",
	author = "Semmekrot, Ben A",
	title = "Bed-sharing in the first four months of life: a risk factor for sudden infant death",
	journal = "Acta Pædiatrica",
	volume = "96",
	year = "October 2007",
	abstract = "<P></P>Aim: To investigate the risk of sudden infant death in the Netherlands during bed-sharing in the first half year of life and the protective effect of breastfeeding on it.<P></P>Methods: During a 10-year period between September 1996 and September 2006 nationwide, 213 cot deaths were investigated.<P></P>Results and discussion: Of 138 cot deaths of less than 6 months of age, 36 (26&#37;) bed-shared. In a reference group of 1628 babies from infant welfare centres only 9.4&#37; were bed-sharing in the night prior to the interview.<P></P>After correction for smoking of one or both parents the odds ratio for cot death during bed-sharing with parents decreased with age from 9.1 (CI 4.2-19.4) at 1 month, to 4.0 (CI 2.3-6.7) at 2 months, to 1.7 (CI 0.9-3.4) at 3 months and to 1.3 (CI 1.0-1.6) at 4 through 5 months of age. The excess risk (OR &#62; 1) associated with bed-sharing is itself not significantly influenced by the presence or absence of breastfeeding.<P></P>Conclusion: Bed-sharing is a serious risk factor for sudden infant death for all babies of less than 4 months of age. From 4 months onwards bed-sharing did not contribute significantly to the risk of cot death anymore in our study.",
	pages = "1399-1403(5)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/apa/2007/00000096/00000010/art00006"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00413.x"
}