Table 3.

Association between the frequency of pacifier use and frequency of thumb/digit sucking (n = 1034)

Frequency of pacifier use			Daily thumb/digit sucking vs non daily thumb/digit sucking
	n	%	OR	95% CI	p value
Daily pacifier	212	20.5	2.136	1.112–4.103	0.023*
Non daily pacifier	822	79.5	1	–	–

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

^a Adjusted for background information (age and gender) and duration of pure breastfeeding

* p < 0.05

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