Table 2. Full Breastfeeding for more than 3 months and Snoring Outcomes.
| Prevalence (%) of Snoring outcome/Breastfeeding category | TOTAL EFFECT | DIRECT EFFECT | |||
| Full Breastfeeding ≥3 months | Full Breastfeeding <3 months | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORc (95% CI) | Adjusted ORd (95% CI) | |
| (n = 144) | (n = 281) | N = 425a | N = 410b | N = 410b | |
| Any Snoring (n = 170) | 34.0 | 43.1 | 0.68 (0.45, 1.04) | 0.77 (0.5, 1.20) | 0.84 (0.53, 1.33) |
| Habitual Snoring (n = 80) | 13.2 | 21.7 | 0.55 (0.31, 0.96) | 0.61 (0.34, 1.10) | 0.61 (0.33, 1.14) |
| Loud Snoring (n = 19) | 2.8 | 5.3 | 0.51 (0.17, 1.56) | 0.49 (0.16, 1.55) | 0.48 (0.13, 1.78) |
| Difficulty breathing while Sleeping (n = 27) | 4.9 | 7.1 | 0.67 (0.28, 1.62) | 0.76 (0.30, 1.91) | 0.87 (0.31, 2.42) |
| Witnessed Apnea (n = 11) | 0 | 3.9 | NA | NA | NA |
Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI).
a .Information on Full breastfeeding status was missing for 25 participants b.Information on covariates was missing for 15 subjects who were excluded from the adjusted models c.Adjusted for ETS at 7.5 yrs, maternal asthma, smoking in pregnancy d.Adjusted for BMI (8 yrs), ETS at 7.5 yrs, current asthma, birth weight, sex, smoking in pregnancy, rhinitis at 8 years.