Risk Factors
The cause of SIDS is unknown. Although studies have identified risk factors for SIDS, such as putting infants to bed on their stomachs, there has been little understanding of the syndrome's biological process or its potential causes. The frequency of SIDS does appear to be influenced by the infant's age or ethnicity, the education or socioeconomic status of the infant's parents.
Listed below are several risk factors associated with increased probability of the syndrome.
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