Table 1.
Anthropometric and breastfeeding characteristics of the lactation and control cohorts
| Lactation cohort | Control cohort | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (data) | Age in years (mean ± SD) |
BMI in kg/m2 (mean ± SD) |
N (data) | Age in years (mean ± SD) |
BMI in kg/m2 (mean ± SD) |
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| 779 (N total) | 31.9 (4.27) | 22.7 (3.44) | 742 | 39.2 (6.52) *** | 24.4 (4.56) *** | ||
| Visit | Subgroup | ||||||
| Exc-bf | Nonexc-bf | ||||||
| 3 m | 570 | 48 | |||||
| 6 m | 360 | 230 | |||||
Descriptives are presented as counts for categorical variables and as means (SD) for continuous variables (age, BMI). The lactation cohort was set as the statistical reference. The means of the controls were significantly different from those of the lactation cohort: ***p < .001. exc-bf exclusive breastfeeding, nonexc-bf nonexclusive breastfeeding, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, m months