Table 2.

Demographic characteristics at three- and six-month follow-up. Values given as percentage and median (interquartile range)

	COVID patients	Comparison group	P-value
Follow-up at 3 months	n = 101	n = 171
Use of pacifier	68.0	72.0	0.52
Hospital follow-up after discharge			< 0.0001
On-site	22.0	17.8
Remote	23.0	0.0
Not specified	55.0	82.2
Follow-up in a primary care facility after discharge			0.008
On-site	70.7	86.3
Remote	4.0	1.8
Not specified	25.3	11.9
Attendance of a support group			0.42
On-site	14.0	14.9
Remote	3.0	6.6
Did not attend	83.0	78.5
Going back to work	12.8	4.1	0.008
Form of professional activity			0.03
On-site	84.6	71.4
Remote	15.4	14.3
Hybrid	0.0	14.3
Type of feeding upon discharge			0.002
EBF	62.7	81.2
BF	24.5	10.3
FF	12.8	8.5
Type of feeding at 3 months			0.33
EBF	52.4	57.0
BF	17.8	21.2
FF	29.8	21.8
Follow-up at 6 months	n = 92	n = 163
Going back to work	46.7	53.3	0.30
Form of professional activity			0.21
On-site	81.4	70.1
Remote	11.6	10.3
Hybrid	7.0	19.6
First attendance at a daycare center	12.0	9.9	0.59
Age (w) upon first attendance at a daycare center	20 (16–23)	20 (16–23)	1
Type of feeding at 6 months			0.45
EBF	43.0	39.3
BF	16.1	22.7
FF	40.9	38.0

BF breastfeeding; EBF exclusive breastfeeding; FF formula feeding;

w weeks