Table 4.

Summary of results of multivariate linear regression models of the relationship between breastfeeding practices and child anthropometry¹, Haitian Demographic and Health Survey 2005–2006

	n	WAZ				HAZ				WHZ
		Coefficient*		95% CI	P‐value	Coefficient*		95% CI	P‐value	Coefficient*		95% CI	P‐value
ErIBF † (0–23 months)	996	0.22	0.02	0.42	0.033	0.20	0.01	0.40	0.044	0.16	−0.05	0.38	0.13
EBF ‡ (0–5 months)	253	0.16	−0.29	0.62	0.48	−0.09	−0.52	0.33	0.67	0.25	−0.12	0.61	0.19

EBF, exclusive breastfeeding; ErIBF, early initiation of breastfeeding; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HAZ, height‐for‐age z‐scores; WAZ, weight‐for‐age z‐scores; WHZ, weight‐for‐height z‐scores. *Estimated regression coefficient and 95% CI for ErIBF or EBF in models predicting the specified growth outcome when other variables in the model are adjusted for. ^†Models adjusted for child sex, age group, birth type, mother BMI, wealth, residence, department, mother education level, mother antenatal visit and current breastfeeding status. ^‡Models adjusted for child sex, age group, birth type, mother BMI, wealth, residence, department, mother education level and mother antenatal visit.