Table 2.

Association between the duration of breastfeeding and frequency of non-nutritive sucking habits (n = 1034)

			Daily pacifier vs non daily pacifier			Daily thumb/digit sucking vs non daily thumb/digit sucking
	n	%	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Duration of breastfeeding					0.000*			0.143
> 6 months	246	23.8	0.412	0.259–0.655	0.000*	0.599	0.318-1.128	0.112
0-6 months	471	45.6	0.840	0.598–1.180	0.134	1.042	0.645–1.683	0.867
Never	317	30.7	1	–	–	1	–	–

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

^a Adjusted for background information (age and gender)

* p < 0.05

Boldface data are variables with p < 0.05 or OR (95%CI) < 1