Table 3.
Association between breastfeeding and selected nutritional outcomes
| Outcome variable | EBF terminated between 0 and 2 months (n = 728) a | EBF terminated between 2 and 4 months (n = 1648) a | EBF terminated between 4 and 6 months (n = 2590) a | PAF % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
| Stunting | 1.39 (0.75–2.57) | 1.39 (0.71–2.67) | 1.18 (0.83–1.69) | 1.16 (0.80–1.68) | 1.25 (0.97–1.61) | 1.18 (0.91–1.54) | 2.21 |
| Wasting | 0.83 (0.46–1.49) | 0.85 (0.45–1.59) | 1.26 (0.91–1.75) | 1.29 (0.92–1.80) | 1.06 (0.83–1.37) | 1.07 (0.82–1.39) | 0.56 |
| Underweight | 2.25 (1.30–3.91) | 2.16 (1.19–3.91) | 2.17 (1.59–2.97) | 2.01 (1.57–3.08) | 1.64 (0.80–1.45) | 1.76 (0.74–1.49) | 5.90 |
| At least one of the above three nutritional outcomes | 1.64 (1.18–2.44) | 1.43 (0.89–2.14) | 1.57 (1.28–2.10) | 1.54 (1.23–1.90) | 1.23 (1.04–1.44) | 1.18 (1.00–1.47) | 6.70 |
aReference group: EBF not terminated up to six months
Note: n: total sample size, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PAF population-attributable fraction (if EBF was not discontinued during first six months)