Table 3.

The impact of counselling strategies on maternal infant feeding practice of exclusive breast-feeding by time and study group: HIV-negative women (n 360), 34–36 weeks pregnant at baseline, Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya

		Study group
Age of infant	Infant feeding practice	CG	FBSIC	HBIC
1 month		n 97	n 102	n 100
	EBF	n 70, 72.0 %	n 86, 84·3 %	n 87, 87·0 %
		1·00 (Ref.)	RR = 1·17; 95 % CI 1·00, 1·36;	RR = 1·21; 95 % CI 1·04, 1·39;
			P = 0·041*	P = 0·011*
		1·00 (Ref.)	ARR = 1·27; 95 % CI 1·00, 1·37;	ARR = 1·20; 95 % CI 1·04, 1·39;
			P = 0·045*	P = 0·011*
3 months		n 87	n 91	n 91
	EBF	n 32, 36·8 %	n 43, 47·2 %	N 56, 61·4 %
		1·00 (Ref.)	RR = 1·28; 95 % CI: 0·90, 1·83;	RR = 1·67; 95 % CI 1·21, 2·30;
			P = 0·161	P = 0·002**
		1·00 (Ref.)	ARR = 1·27; 95 % CI 0·91, 1·76;	ARR = 1·68 ; 95 % CI 1·42, 2·00;
			P = 0·161	P < 0·001**
6 months		n 89	n 87	n 89
	EBF	n 5, 5·6 %	n 8, 9·2 %	n 21, 23·9 %
		1·00 (Ref.)	RR = 1·64; 95 % CI 0·56, 4·81;	RR = 4·20; 95 % CI 1·66, 10·64;
			P = 0·371	P = 0·002**
		1·00 (Ref.)	ARR = 1·53; 95 % CI 0·87, 2·68;	ARR = 4·01; 95 % CI 2·30, 7·01;
			P = 0·138	P < 0·001**

CG, control group; FBSICG, facility-based semi-intensive counselling group; HBICG, home-based intensive counselling group; EBF, exclusive breast-feeding; Ref., reference category; RR, relative risk; ARR, cluster-adjusted relative risk.

*Significant difference (RR and ARR test): P < 0·05.

**Significant difference (RR and ARR test): P ≤ 0·001.