Table 3. Breastfeeding for more than a month and Snoring Outcomes.
| Prevalence (%) of Snoring outcome/Breastfeeding category | TOTAL EFFECT | DIRECT EFFECT | |||
| Any Breastfeeding ≥1 month | Any Breastfeeding Never or <1 month | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | Adjusted ORc (95% CI) | |
| (n = 313) | (n = 137) | N = 450 | N = 416a | N = 416a | |
| Any Snoring (n = 179) | 38.0 | 43.8 | 0.79 (0.52, 1.18) | 0.84 (0.55, 1.29) | 0.86 (0.55, 1.35) |
| Habitual Snoring (n = 84) | 15.0 | 27.0 | 0.48 (0.29, 0.78) | 0.48 (0.29, 0.81) | 0.48 (0.28, 0.82) |
| Loud Snoring (n = 21) | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0.57 (0.23, 1.38) | 0.56 (0.22, 1.39) | 0.67 (0.25, 1.76) |
| Difficulty breathing while Sleeping (n = 31) | 7.0 | 6.6 | 1.07 (0.48, 2.4) | 1.09 (0.48, 2.50) | 1.13 (0.47, 2.72) |
| Witnessed Apnea (n = 12) | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.21(0.06, 0.71) | 0.17 (0.04, 0.71) | 0.22 (0.05, 0.91) |
Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI).
a .Information on covariates was missing for 34 subjects who were excluded from the adjusted models b.Adjusted for ETS at 7.5 yrs, maternal asthma, smoking in pregnancy c.Adjusted for BMI (8 yrs), ETS at 7.5 yrs, current asthma, birth weight, sex, smoking in pregnancy, rhinitis at 8 years.