Table 3.

Feeding patterns in the intervention and control arms of the cluster-randomized trial evaluating the effects of community-based counselling on feeding patterns during the first 12 weeks after birth, Durban, South Africa, 2011

	Intervention		Control		Crude*		Adjusted†
Feeding type	n/N	%	n/N	%	OR	95 % CI	ORadj	95 % CI
Initiation of breast-feeding within 1 h after birth	561/1629	34·4	607/1865	32·5	1·09	0·93, 1·27	1·08	0·93, 1·26
Exclusive breast-feeding, 24 h recall at 12 weeks after birth	441/1629	27·1	260/1865	13·9	2·29	1·80, 2·92	2·31	1·82, 2·93
Exclusive formula-feeding, 24 h recall at 12 weeks after birth	240/1629	14·7	172/1865	9·2	1·70	1·28, 2·27	1·70	1·27, 2·26
Predominant breast-feeding, 24 h recall at 12 weeks after birth	112/1629	6·9	77/1865	4·1	1·71	1·34, 2·19	1·70	1·33, 2·17
Mixed formula-feeding, 24 h recall at 12 weeks after birth	434/1629	26·6	652/1865	35·0	0·68	0·55, 0·83	0·67	0·54, 0·82
Mixed breast-feeding, 24h recall at 12 weeks after birth	395/1629	24·3	694/1865	37·2	0·54	0·44, 0·67	0·54	0·44, 0·67
Other feeding, 24h recall at 12 weeks after birth‡	7/1629	0·4	10/1865	0·5	0·80	0·27, 2·36	0·75	0·25, 2·27

^*Adjusted for cluster.

^†Adjusted for cluster, household asset score level and maternal education level.

^‡Infants who received neither breast milk nor formula milk, but most commonly cereals, porridge and bread.