In-hospital pattern of breast-feeding (BF) by study cohort (, cohort 1, n 1320; , cohort 2, n 1240). The two cohorts of breast-feeding mother–infant pairs were recruited from in-patient postnatal units of four public hospitals in Hong Kong, before (cohort 1) and after (cohort 2) implementation of the policy to stop accepting free infant formula; all P<0·001