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Table 4 EBF practices by mothers with 24-h recall and the deuterium oxide dose technique

From: Participation in the “nutrition at the Centre” project through women’s group improved exclusive breastfeeding practices, as measured by the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique

Method of assessment mothers who practice EBF

VSLA-N@C group (n = 53)

Control group (n = 50)

Difference between groups

Significance between groups (P)

24-h recall, n (%)

51 (96.2) a

36 (72.0) c

+ 15 (+ 24.2)

0.001*

Deuterium dose-to-mother, n (%)

20 (37.7) b

4 (8.0) d

+ 16 (+ 29.7)

0.000*

Difference between methods, n (%)

31 (58.5)

32 (64.0)

−1 (−5.5)

0.327*

  1. Values with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05); *chi-square test, comparison of two proportions; EBF Exclusive breastfeeding