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. 2015 Apr 22;145(6):1263–1270. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.202507

TABLE 3.

Predicting inability to fully breastfeed for 4 and 6 mo postpartum among the Norwegian women in the MoBa study1

4 mo postpartum, OR (95% CI)
6 mo postpartum, OR (95% CI)
Prepregnancy BMI and GWG group2 n Crude model Adjusted model3 Crude model Adjusted model3
Normal
 Within recommendations 12,958 1 1 1 1
 Below recommendations 7056 1.10 (1.03, 1.16) 1.09 (1.02, 1.16) 1.02 (0.94,1.11) 1.02 (0.94, 1.10)
 Above recommendations 12,589 1.22 (1.16, 1.29) 1.08 (1.02, 1.13) 1.25 (1.16, 1.34) 1.08 (1.01, 1.16)
Underweight
 Within recommendations 654 1.35 (1.15, 1.58) 1.19 (1.01, 1.40) 1.13 (0.90, 1.41) 0.94 (0.75, 1.18)
 Below recommendations 440 1.20 (0.99, 1.46) 1.12 (0.92, 1.37) 0.85 (0.67, 1.09) 0.78 (0.61, 1.00)
 Above recommendations 359 1.61 (1.30, 1.98) 1.15 (0.92, 1.42) 1.87 (1.31, 2.69) 1.21 (0.84, 1.74)
Overweight
 Within recommendations 2254 1.45 (1.32, 1.59) 1.42 (1.29, 1.56) 1.31 (1.14, 1.49) 1.29 (1.12, 1.47)
 Below recommendations 954 1.52 (1.33, 1.74) 1.46 (1.28, 1.68) 1.18 (0.98, 1.43) 1.13 (0.93, 1.38)
 Above recommendations 7516 1.61 (1.52, 1.70) 1.44 (1.36, 1.53) 1.53 (1.40, 1.67) 1.36 (1.24, 1.48)
Obese
 Within recommendations 953 1.91 (1.67, 2.18) 1.67 (1.45, 1.91) 1.50 (1.22,1.84) 1.33 (1.08, 1.64)
 Below recommendations 807 2.15 (1.87, 2.48) 1.97 (1.70, 2.28) 1.57 (1.25, 1.97) 1.48 (1.17, 1.86)
 Above recommendations 2763 2.75 (2.53, 2.99) 2.27 (2.08, 2.48) 1.86 (1.62, 2.13) 1.50 (1.31, 1.73)
1

Among those who initiated breastfeeding, n = 49,309. GWG, gestational weight gain; MoBa, Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.

2

Prepregnant BMI was categorized as normal, underweight, overweight, or obese grades I–III according to WHO classifications, and GWG was expressed as within, below, or above the GWG recommended by the Institute of Medicine (11). The latter recommendation takes prepregnancy BMI into account.

3

Adjusted for income, education, age, smoking, parity, diabetes, and cesarean delivery.