Table 3.

Association between breastfeeding problems and cessation of predominant breastfeeding before 4 months, n = 57,134 women

	Predominant breastfeeding before age 4 months (in %) in case of breastfeeding complication		Unadjusted		Adjusteda
	Not present	Present	OR (CI) for cessation of breastfeeding in case of breastfeeding complication	p	OR (CI) for cessation of breastfeeding in case of breastfeeding complication	p
Mastitis	61.8	53.3	1.41 (1.33–1.50)	< 0.001	1.47 (1.38–1.57)	< 0.001
Medication for mastitis	61.6	52.8	1.43 (1.33–1.54)	< 0.001	1.50 (1.39–1.61)	< 0.001
Sore nipples	61.8	49.8	1.63 (1.53–1.75)	< 0.001	1.61 (1.50–1.73)	< 0.001
Other breastfeeding problems	63.0	33.6	3.36 (3.13–3.61)	< 0.001	3.22 (3.00–3.46)	< 0.001
Any breastfeeding problems	63.3	48.6	1.83 (1.75–1.91)	< 0.001	1.83 (1.74–1.92)	< 0.001

^aLogistic regression adjusted for maternal age, maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, maternal education, family income, maternal smoking, fibre intake, and energy intake