Table 3.

Comparison of prevalence of breast feeding at discharge, 3 months, and 6 months between groups randomised to dummy and no dummy

	No (%) with no dummy	No (%) with dummy	Odds ratio (95% Cl); P value	NNTB*/NNTH†(95% CI)
Discharge:
Fully‡	79/152 (52)	85/151 (56)	0.84 (0.51 to 1.39); 0.50	NNTH 23 (NNTH 6 to ∞ to NNTB 15)
Any§	107/152 (70)	108/151 (72)	0.83 (0.45 to 1.50); 0.53	NNTH 89 (NNTH 9 to ∞ to NNTB 11)
Any breast feeding 3 months after discharge§	58/142 (41)	53/141 (38)	0.99 (0.56 to 1.77); 0.98	NNTB 31 (NNTH 12 to ∞ to NNTB 7)
Any breast feeding 6 months after discharge§	43/141 (30)	34/140 (24)	1.23 (0.66 to 2.30); 0.51	NNTB 16 (NNTH 24 to ∞ to NNTB 6)

^*No of patients needed to be treated for one additional patient to benefit.

^†No of patients needed to be treated for one additional patient to be harmed.

^‡Fully breast fed v combined partially breast fed and not breast fed.

^§Combined fully breast fed and partially breast fed v not breast fed.