Table 4.

Comparison of prevalence of breast feeding at discharge, 3 months, and 6 months between groups randomised to cup and bottle

	No (%) given cup	No (%) given bottle	Odds ratio (95% Cl); P value	NNTB*/NNTH†(95% CI)
Discharge:
Fully‡	92/151 (61)	72/152 (47)	1.73 (1.04 to 2.88);0.03	NNTB 7 (4 to 41)
Any§	112/151 (74)	103/152 (68)	1.37 (0.78 to 2.38); 0.27	NNTB 16 (NNTH 26 to ∞ to NNTB 6)
Any breast feeding 3 months after discharge§	61/144 (42)	50/139 (36)	1.31 (0.77 to 2.23); 0.33	NNTB 16 (NNTH 20 to ∞ to NNTB 6)
Any breast feeding 6 months after discharge§	44/142 (31)	33/139 (24)	1.44 (0.81 to 2.57); 0.22	NNTB 14 (NNTH 32 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.