Table 2.

Logistic regression analyses of the association between types of adult abuse and cessation of any breast feeding (BF) before 4 months (cessation of any BF <4 months) (N=51 205)

	Cessation of any BF <4 months				Crude		Adjusted
Abuse category	n	(%)	n	(%)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Model 1
No adult abuse (reference)	41 396	80.8	4728	11.4	1.00		1.00
Any adult abuse	9809	19.2	1511	15.4	1.41	(1.33 to 1.50)	1.25	(1.17 to 1.34)
Model 2 (abuse categories)
No adult abuse (reference)	41 396	80.8	4728	11.4	1.00		1.00
Physical only	567	1.1	65	11.5	1.00	(0.77 to 1.30)	0.96	(0.73 to 1.25)
Sexual only	976	1.9	107	11.0	0.96	(0.78 to 1.17)	0.94	(0.76 to 1.16)
Emotional only	5464	10.7	843	15.4	1.42	(1.31 to 1.53)	1.28	(1.18 to 1.39)
Physical+emotional	1149	2.2	210	18.3	1.73	(1.49 to 2.02)	1.39	(1.18 to 1.62)
Physical+sexual	189	0.4	24	12.7	1.13	(0.73 to 1.75)	0.95	(0.61 to 1.47)
Sexual+emotional	630	1.2	101	16.0	1.18	(1.19 to 1.84)	1.27	(1.02 to 1.58)
Sexual+physical+emotional	827	1.6	161	19.3	1.86	(1.56 to 2.21)	1.47	(1.23 to 1.76)

The adjusted model included the following variables: maternal age, education, civil status and any child abuse. Analysed for complete cases.