Fig. 1. Diagrammatic representation of Korean nationwide birth cohort before and after propensity matching.
Total 1,608,540 participants born in South Korea between 2009 and 2015 were included. According to the types of infant feeding, they were categorized in three groups: exclusive breastfeeding, partially breastfeeding, and fully formula feeding. Propensity scores were derived using a multivariable logistic regression model from the predicted probability of exclusively breastfed infants vs. fully formula-fed infants (each n = 600,988).