|
Breastfeeding outcomes |
||||||
| Characteristics |
FBC (n = 112) |
FPH (n = 192) |
ABFAB (n = 889) |
|||
|
|
||||||
| Mean duration of breastfeeding* (weeks, sd) |
22.7 (7.5) |
20.7 (8.5) |
17.9 (9.8) |
|||
| Regression, p = <0.01 |
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Breastfeeding at 6 months |
||||||
| Breastfeeding at 6 mo |
86 |
76.8 |
121 |
63.0 |
470 |
52.9 |
| Not breastfeeding at 6 mo |
26 |
23.2 |
71 |
37.0 |
419 |
47.1 |
| Chi-sq = 26.9, p < 0.01 |
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Mastitis |
||||||
| Had mastitis |
26 |
23.2 |
45 |
23.6 |
135 |
15.1 |
| Didn't have mastitis |
86 |
76.8 |
146 |
76.4 |
754 |
84.9 |
| Chi-sq = 10.6, p = <0.01 |
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Cracked nipple |
||||||
| Had cracked nipple |
16 |
14.3 |
28 |
14.6 |
106 |
11.9 |
| No cracked nipple |
96 |
85.7 |
164 |
85.4 |
783 |
88.1 |
| Chi-sq = 1.35, p = 0.5 |
||||||
|
|
||||||
| Duration of nipple pain** (weeks, sd) (missing = 118) |
3.1 (3.8) |
3.5 (3.8) |
3.8 (5.4) |
|||
| Regression, p = 0.5 |
||||||
|
mo = months *Data collected at 6 months, therefore actual duration would be longer. **Includes women who had no nipple pain (n = 370). | ||||||
Amir et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:62 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-62 |
||||||