Table 1. Comparison of characteristics of breast-fed and non-breast-fed infants with pneumonia and diarrhea.

Characteristic	Non-breast-fed (n = 34)	Breast-fed (n = 73)	P
Age (months) (mean ± SD)	3.4±1.7	2.9±1.5	0.124
Weight (kg) (mean ± SD)	3.6±1.3	3.9±1.4	0.322
Distance from the hospital (km) [Median (IQR)]	18.0 (8.0, 25.0)	10.0 (8.0, 23.75)	0.331
H/o duration (hours) of fever at admission [Median (IQR)]	48.0 (21.0, 96.0)	72.0 (42.0, 120.0)	0.187
H/o duration (hours) of cough at admission; [Median (IQR)]	72.0 (36.0, 96.0)	72.0 (27.0, 144.0)	0.615
H/o duration (hours) inability to drink at admission; [Median (IQR)]	0.5 (0.0, 48.0)	0.0 (0.0, 24.0)	0.508
Respiratory rate (mean ± SD)	66±26	59±14	0.194
Total duration (hours) of hypoxemia (SPO2<90%) from admission [Median (IQR)]	12.0 (0.0, 21.75)	0.0 (0.0, 12.0)	0.021
Duration of hospitalization in days (mean ± SD)	4.7±3.7	5.4±3.2	0.254
Death (%)	4 (12)	4 (6)	2.3 (0.4–11.9)*0.261

IQR = inter quartile range, SD = standard deviation,

*Odds ratio (Confidence interval).