1. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.

2. Discussion Mortality from sudden infant death syndrome varies between countries.

3. Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were calculated separately for Maori and non-Maori children.

4. Ethnic differences in mortality from sudden infant death syndrome have been reported from several countries.

5. The risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome within groups were remarkably similar.

6. Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were remarkably consistent for both Maori and non-Maori populations within New Zealand.

7. Cot death, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is also directly related to smoking.

8. These guidelines are credited with reducing cases of sudden infant death syndrome in the United States.

9. SIDS sudden infant death syndrome, remains the chief killer of infants under age 1.

10. Results Sudden infant death syndrome is associated with infants sleep position and environment.

11. A baby whose mother smoked during pregnancy runs a higher risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome - known in the UK as Cot Death), as does an infant who is exposed to secondhand smoke.

12. This, of course, assumes that these variables are causally related to sudden infant death syndrome and are independent.

13. Setting - New Zealand. 485 infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome were compared with 1800 control infants.

14. Latest research indicates that long - QT syndrome ( LQTS ) gene variants contribute to sudden infant death syndrome ( SIDS ).

15. New autopsy data is providing clues into the cause of sudden infant death syndrome.

16. One is the respiratory center and may explain a known link between smoking and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

17. Children of parents who smoke have increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ( SIDS ).

1. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.