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. 2016 May 3;16:97. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0878-z

Table 2.

Poisson regression with robust variance estimation to assess the effect of the intervention on maintenance of breastfeeding at 2 years of age

Model RR (95 % CI) p
1 – Intervention group 0.87 (0.58–1.30) 0.506
2 – Model 1 + propensity scorea 0.93 (0.62–1.40) 0.722
3 – Model 2 + cohabitation with grandmotherb 0.91 (0.60–1.37) 0.643
4 – Model 3 + child’s ageb 0.90 (0.57–1.43) 0.668
5 – Model 4 + mother’s education levelb 0.88 (0.55–1.40) 0.580

RR Relative risk, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval

aVariables covered by the propensity score: maternal age, education level, skin color, and parity; child’s birth weight and type of delivery; and cohabitation between child’s mother and father; all referring to the beginning of the study

bUpon the latest assessment