TABLE 2.
Infant Care Practices in African-American and Hispanic Families: Univariate and Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis
| Risk factor | African-American # (%) | Hispanic (Reference) # (%) | Univariate p-value | Multivariate p-value* | Adjusted odds ratio (95% Confidence interval) |
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| Usual sleep position | |||||
| Back | 267(63.2%) | 75 (83.3%) | reference | ||
| Side | 90 (21.3%) | 13 (14.4%) | P<0.001 | P=0.01 | 2.8 (1.3–6.0) |
| Stomach | 65 (15.4%) | 2 (2.2%) | P=0.01 | 9.2 (1.0–43.0) | |
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| Sleep position last night | |||||
| Back | 279 (66.2%) | 75 (83.3%) | reference | ||
| Side | 79 (18.7%) | 15 (16.6%) | P=0.4 (NS) | 1.4 (0.7–2.9) | |
| Stomach | 63 (14.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | P<0.001 | P=1.0 (NS) | unable to calculate |
| Unknown | 1 (0.2%) | ||||
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| Usual supine placement | |||||
| No | 155 (36.7%) | 15 (16.7%) | P=0.002 | P<0.001 | 3.6 (1.8–7.3) |
| Yes | 267 (63.3%) | 75 (83.3%) | reference | ||
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| Supine placement last night | |||||
| No | 142 (33.7%) | 15 (16.6%) | P<0.001 | P=0.001 | 2.4 (1.2–4.8) |
| Yes | 279 (66.3%) | 75 (83.3%) | reference | ||
| Unknown | 1 (0.2%) | ||||
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| Usually shares room with | |||||
| Nobody | 17 (4.0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| Mother only | 146 (34.5%) | 28 (31.1%) | |||
| Father only | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (1.1%) | P=0.2 (NS) | ||
| Both parents | 173(40.9%) | 42 (46.6%) | |||
| Other | 85 (20.1%) | 19 (21.1%) | |||
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| Shared room last night with | |||||
| Nobody | 19 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| Mother only | 155(36.7%) | 27 (30.0%) | P=0.8 (NS) | ||
| Father only | 7(1.7%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| Both parents | 162(38.4%) | 41 (45.6%) | |||
| Other | 78(18.5%) | 22 (24.4%) | |||
| Unknown | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | |||
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| Usual bedsharing | |||||
| No | 273 (64.7%) | 73 (81.1%) | reference | ||
| Yes | 149 (35.3%) | 17 (18.8%) | P=0.003 | P=0.02 | 2.3(1.2–4.3) |
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| Bedsharing last night | |||||
| No | 276 (65.4%) | 79 (87.8%) | reference | ||
| Yes | 146 (34.6%) | 11 (12.2%) | P<0.001 | P<0.001 | 3.5 (1.7–7.4) |
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| Any Breastfeeding | |||||
| None | 262 (62.1%) | 8 (8.9%) | P<0.001 | P<0.001 | 11.0 (4.1–29.8) |
| Partial | 86 (20.4%) | 60 (66.7%) | P<0.001 | 0.3 (0.2–0.7) | |
| Exclusive | 74 (17.5%) | 22 (24.4%) | P=0.13 (NS) | reference | |
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| Mom smokes after pregnancy | |||||
| No | 374 (88.6%) | 87 (96.6%) | P=0.02 | P=0.01 | reference |
| Yes | 48 (11.3%) | 3 (3.3%) | 0.2 (0.04–0.7) | ||
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| Other smoke exposure | |||||
| No | 305 (72.2%) | 85 (94.4%) | P<0.001 | P<0.001 | reference |
| Yes | 117(27.7%) | 5 (5.5%) | 0.2 (0.05–0.4) | ||
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| Knowledge of SIDS | |||||
| No | 52 (12.3%) | 35(38.8%) | reference | ||
| Yes | 370(87.6%) | 55(61.1%) | P<0.001 | P=0.004 | 2.7 (1.4–5.3) |
*
Controlled for infant age, maternal age, maternal educational level, and marital status.