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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2018 Sep 6;22(4):447–455. doi: 10.1007/s00737-018-0910-6

Table 3.

Mean (SD) Urinary Oxytocin Levels by Breastfeeding Status (N = 108)

  Any breastfeeding after birth Only breastfeeding after birth Any breastfeeding 6 weeks
postpartum		 Only breastfeeding 6 weeks
postpartum
  Yes (n = 92) No (=16) Yes (n = 66) No (n = 42) Yes (n =87) No (= 21) Yes (n = 20) No (=88)
Prenatal
Oxytocin
(pg/mg)		 26.04 (18.85) 50.55 (83.07) 25.34 (14.47) 36.47 (55.71) 27.71 (19.29) 37.76 (74.27) 26.98 (16.35) 30.28 (39.93)
Postpartum
Oxytocin
(pg/mg)		 20.86 (17.32) 26.87 (26.37) 21.39 (19.31) 22.32 (18.46) 22.08 (19.79) 20.37 (15.00) 20.79 (24.30) 21.97 (17.61)