Table 4.

Associations between fraction of very low birth weight infants discharged to home on any human milk and neonatal intensive care unit nursing characteristics and lactation consultant presence.

	Model 1				Model 2
	Adjusted R2 = 0.20				Adjusted R2 = 0.37
	B	SE	95% CI	p	B	SE	95% CI	p
Breastfeeding support					0.08***	0.02	0.05–0.12	0.000
Practice Environment Scale of the  Nurse Work Index composite score	0.05**	0.02	0.12–0.09	0.005	0.04*	0.02	−0.00 to 0.07	0.042
Acuity-adjusted nurse staffing ratio	0.04*	0.02	0.01–0.08	0.026	0.03	0.02	0.00–0.07	0.056
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.03	0.02	−0.00 to 0.07	0.074	0.03*	0.02	−0.00 to 0.06	0.039
Lactation consultant presence	0.06a	0.04	−0.01 to 0.13	0.096	0.04a	0.03	−0.03 to 0.10	0.261

B represents standardized coefficient.

^aLactation consultant = availability was a dichotomous variable.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001.