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Table 3 Logistic regression timely initiation (< 1 h), EBF and infant formula use at one-month postpartuma

From: Barriers and facilitators to breastfeeding during the immediate and one month postpartum periods, among Mexican women: a mixed methods approach

 

Timely initiation

(<  1 h) (n = 479)

EBF (n = 484)

Infant formula use

(n = 411)

OR (95% CI)

P

value

OR (95% CI)

P

value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Age group (adult women)a

0.95 (0.92;0.98)

0.006

1.05 (1.02;1.09)

0.001

0.93 (0.90;0.97)

0.001

Indigenous ethnicity (yes)

0.84 (0.56;1.25)

0.39

1.18 (0.79;1.77)

0.41

0.66 (0.42;1.04)

0.07

Educational level (Secondary or less)

1.12 (0.74;1.71)

0.56

0.91 (0.59;1.40)

0.67

0.87 (0.55;1.39)

0.58

Marital status (yes)

0.63 (0.33;1.18)

0.15

1.47 (0.77;2.84)

0.23

0.72 (0.35;1.47)

0.37

Employment (yes)

0.79 (0.52;1.21)

0.29

0.77 (0.50;1.19)

0.25

1.19 (0.74;1.89)

0.46

Timely initiation (<  1 h)

1.81 (1.19;.2.75)

0.005

0.46 (0.29;0.73)

0.001

Type of delivery (cesarean)

0.37 (0.25;0.54)

0.0001

1.18 (0.78;1.79)

0.41

1.06 (0.68;1.65)

0.78

Type of health unit (private)

0.48 (0.24;0.94)

0.03

0.48 (0.23;1.00)

0.05

1.95 (0.91;4.16)

0.08

Area of residence (urban)

0.60 (0.39;0.93)

0.02

0.47 (0.30;0.72)

0.001

2.27 (1.40;3.66)

0.001

Breastfeeding information during pregnancy (Scale: 0 to 9)

1.07 (1.01;1.14)

0.01

1.13 (1.06;1.20)

0.0001

0.88 (0.82;0.94)

0.001

  1. aModels adjusted for: mother’s age, indigenous, educational level, marital status, employment, infant feeding practices, type and establishment of delivery, area of residence and breastfeeding information during pregnancy; Comparison Group: Adolescents