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Table 4 Maternal and Infant Characteristics

From: A prenatal group based phone counseling intervention to improve breastfeeding rates and complementary feeding: a randomized, controlled pilot and feasibility trial

 

Overall

N = 41

Usual care

N = 22

Intervention

N = 19

P-Value

Maternal

 Age (years)

26.2 ± 4.3

25.4 ± 4.5

27.3 ± 4.1

0.1

 Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

27.3 ± 4.5

26.8 ± 4.4

27.9 ± 4.7

0.4

White Race n(%)

39 (95.1%)

21 (95.5%)

18 (94.7%)

1.0Â¥

Education n(%)

   

0.9Â¥

 Less than High School

1 (2.4%)

1 (4.5%)

0 (0%)

 

 GED

3 (7.3%)

2 (9.1%)

1 (5.3%)

 

 High School

9 (22%)

4 (18.2%)

5 (26.3%)

 

 Vocational

1 (2.4%)

1 (4.5%)

0 (0%)

 

 Associates Degree

4 (9.8%)

3 (13.6%)

1 (5.3%)

 

 Undergraduate Degree

16 (39%)

8 (36.4%)

8 (42.1%)

 

 Graduate Degree

7 (17.1%)

3 (13.6%)

4 (21.1%)

 

Married or Cohabitating n(%)

34 (82.9%)

17 (77.3%)

17 (89.5%)

0.4Â¥

Household Income n(%)

   

0.9

  ≤ $75,000

19 (46.3%)

10 (45.5%)

9 (47.4%)

 

  > $75,000

22 (53.7%)

12 (54.5%)

10 (52.6%)

 

Parity, Primiparous n(%)

29 (70.7%)

15 (68.2%)

14 (73.7%)

0.7

Type of Delivery n(%)

   

1.0Â¥

 Vaginal

32 (84.2%)

16 (84.2%)

16 (84.2%)

 

 Cesarean

6 (15.8%)

3 (15.8%)

3 (15.8%)

 

Infant

 Gestational age (weeks)

39.47 ± 1.00

39.49 ± 0.78

39.46 ± 1.24

0.9

Female n(%)

30 (48.8%)

11 (50%)

9 (47.4%)

0.8

 Birthweight (lbs)

7.80 ± 1.03

7.69 ± 1.00

7.93 ± 1.09

0.4

  1. Values are % or mean ± SD¥: Fisher’s exact test