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. 2017 Sep;140(3):e20170596. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-0596

TABLE 3.

All Sleep Positions Reported During Past 2 Weeks and Intended Position During the Next 2 Weeks

Intended Position(s) During Next 2 wks All Positions Reported to Be Used at Least Once During Past 2 wka (N = 3297)
Only Supine (n = 1566) (49.2%), % Supine and Side (n = 777) (23.0%), % Only Side (n = 150) (4.6%), % Supine and Prone (n = 231) (7.2%), % Side and Prone (n = 106) (3.0%), % Supine, Side, and Prone (n = 300) (8.0%), % Only Prone (n = 88) (2.5%), % Other (n = 79) (2.5%), %
Only supine (n = 1811) (57.6%) 43.7b 7.3c 0.2c 3.7c 0.1c 1.3c 0.2c 1.2c
Supine and side (n = 758) (21.9%) 3.8d 13.4d 1.5d 0.5d 0.1d 1.9d 0.1d 0.5d
Only side (n = 133) (4.2%) 0.1d 0.8d 2.3d 0.1d 0.5d 0.3d 0.1d 0.1d
Supine and prone (n = 93) (2.5%) 0.4e 0.1e 0.0e 1.4e 0.1e 0.2e 0.3e 0.0e
Side and prone (n = 68) (1.9%) 0.0e 0.1e 0.2e 0.1e 1.1e 0.1e 0.3e 0.1e
Supine, side, and prone (n = 305) (8.1%) 1.0e 1.0e 0.4e 0.5e 0.6e 3.8e 0.4e 0.5e
Only prone (n = 82) (2.4%) 0.1e 0.0e 0.0e 0.7e 0.5e 0.1e 1.0e 0.1e
No intended position (n = 47) (1.4%) 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

All percentages are weighted.

a

Percentages are overall percentages.

b

This cell includes mothers who intended Only Supine and reported Only Supine (ie, the gold standard).

c

These cells include mothers who intended Only Supine, but reported practices other than Only Supine.

d

These cells include mothers who intended either Only Side or Supine and Side.

e

These cells include mothers who intended either Only Prone or Prone plus some other position(s).