. 2017 Jan 28;12:8. doi: 10.1186/s13006-016-0098-1

Table 4.

Predictors for exclusively or predominantly breastfeeding and early initiation of breastfeeding among Saharawi children (n 111)

Dependent variables^a	Predictor Variables	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)		Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Dependent variables^a	Predictor Variables		p		p
Exclusivley or	Age (months)	0.71 (0.55, 0.93)	0.011	0.70 (0.53, 0.92)	0.011
predominantley breastfeeding	Early initiation^b	3.27 (1.27, 8.38)	0.014	3.20 (1.20, 8.54)	0.020
Early initiation of breastfeeding	Birthplace^c	0.31 (0.14, 0.70)	0.005	0.42 (0.18, 0.99)	0.047
	Number of children (n)	1.52 (1.16, 2.00)	0.003	1.41 (1.07, 1.87)	0.015

^a n=109 for the dependent variable exclusively and/or predominantly breastfeeding. Tested with logistic regression. ^b Categories for early initiation to breastfeeding: 0 = no, 1 = yes. ^c Categories for birthplace: 0 = at home/health station, 1 = hospital