Table 3.

Multivariate analysis: non‐initiation and cessation of breastfeeding according to maternal BMI

	Overweight compared with normal maternal BMI (adjusted odds ratios, 95% CI)*	Obese compared with normal maternal BMI (adjusted odds ratios, 95% CI)*
Never initiated breastfeeding	1.30 (0.91, 1.84)	2.10 (1.49, 2.96)
Ceased breastfeeding in first week (if initiated)	1.52 (1.02, 2.28)	2.54 (1.70, 3.79)
Ceased breastfeeding between 1 week and 6 months (if breastfeeding at 1 week)	1.26 (1.04, 1.53)	1.38 (1.10, 1.73)
Not breastfeeding at 6 months	1.34 (1.12, 1.60)	1.68 (1.37, 2.06)

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.

^* Logistic regression; adjusted for maternal age, education, smoking, level of socio‐economic disadvantage of the geographical location of the child's household, caesarean birth, admission to special care nursery.