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Table 3 Factors related to exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum

From: Post-breastfeeding stress response and breastfeeding self-efficacy as modifiable predictors of exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum: a prospective cohort study

 

All participants (n = 104)

Primiparas (n = 58)

Multiparas (n = 46)

AOR

(95% CI)

p

AOR

(95% CI)

p

AOR

(95% CI)

p

Parity (1: multipara, 0: primipara)

11.13

(2.08–59.59)

0.005

 

 

Education levels (1: university or above, 0: others)

5.25

(1.04–26.53)

0.045

 

 

Planning to return to work by 6 months postpartum (1: yes, 0: no)

0.02

(0.00–0.46)

0.014

 

 

Exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month postpartum (1: yes, 0: no)

42.84

(6.05–303.52)

< 0.001

25.33

(4.75–134.98)

< 0.001

 

Cortisol level after breastfeeding at 1 month postpartum (μg/dL)

0.00

(0.00–0.02)

0.007

0.00

(0.00–0.21)

0.019

0.00

(0.00–0.94)

0.047

Breastfeeding self-efficacya at 1 month postpartum (score)

1.07

(1.00–1.14)

0.036

 

1.18

(1.05–1.32)

0.007

Breast complications (1: presence, 0: absence)

 

 

0.09

(0.01–0.82)

0.033

  1. Multiple logistic regression analysis, Backward Elimination (Wald)
  2. Hosmer&Lemeshow: 0.459 (All participants), 0.742 (Primiparas), and 0.828 (Multiparas)
  3. Of 104 women, 61 reported exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum
  4. AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  5. aThe Japanese version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form